She is the third first-time champion on the women's tour in 2023.
Kostyuk, who came into the day ranked 52nd, then held to 6-5 with the help of an underhand serve, before capping a four-game, match-closing run with yet another break. Kostyuk converted it by ending a 16-shot exchange with a forehand volley winner. Open champion Sloane Stephens earlier in the tournament, put another forehand into the net to face a break point. The 88th-ranked Gracheva, who eliminated No.
But she wasted that chance to force a third set by pushing a forehand wide. There were only two aces, both by Gracheva, including one that gave her a set point at 5-4, 40-30. Both won fewer than 50 per cent of points on serve. "Obviously," said Kostyuk, who was the junior champion at the 2017 Australian Open, "it's a very special moment."īoth players were participating in a tour-level title match for the first time, and they combined for 13 breaks of serve - eight by Kostyuk - and 14 double-faults. When Gracheva sailed a forehand long to end the match after 1 1/2 hours on Sunday, Kostyuk - who trailed 5-3 in the second set and saved a set point at 5-4 - dropped to her knees at the baseline, put her hands on her face and sobbed. "Being in the position that I am in right now, it's extremely special to win this title," Kostyuk said during the trophy ceremony at the inaugural edition of the hard-court tournament in the Texas capital, "and I want to dedicate this title to Ukraine and to all the people that are fighting and dying right now." As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match. After the match, the two players did not meet at the net for the traditional handshake, something Kostyuk had. The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets. The eighth-seeded Kostyuk and the unseeded Gracheva, a 22-year-old Russian, did not meet at the net for the traditional post-match handshake Kostyuk has said she will not do so after facing any opponents from Russia, which began its invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago, or Belarus, which helped launch the attack. Kostyuk beat Gracheva 6-3, 7-5 in Sunday's final to clinch her maiden WTA title. Marta Kostyuk won her first career WTA title at age 20 by beating Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 7-5 in the ATX Open final on Sunday, then dedicated the victory to her home country of Ukraine. krainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk took home her maiden WTA singles title on Sunday after defeating Russian opponent Varvara Gracheva in the final of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas. Marta Kostyuk won her first career WTA title at age 20 by defeating Russian Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 7-5 in the ATX Open final, then dedicated the victory to her home country of Ukraine.
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