Marta Kostiuk loses in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympics to Croatia's Vekic

Marta Kostiuk loses in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympics to Croatia's Vekic

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July 31 2024, 11:00 PM  •  25746 views

Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostiuk lost to Croatian Donna Vekic in a tense quarterfinal match at the 2024 Olympic Games. The match lasted almost 3 hours and ended with Vekic winning the third set tiebreaker.

Ukraine's top-ranked player Marta Kostiuk (19) lost to Croatia's Donna Vekic (21) in the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games, UNN reports .

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The match lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes and ended with a score of 6:4, 2:6, 7:6(8). The Ukrainian served 4 times, made 2 double faults and converted 6 of 17 break points.

The first set started with 4 games in a row for the Kyiv player. The Croatian representative quickly made the score 5-1, after which she gave up three games, but managed to realize her advantage and move the match to the next set.

It began with two more lost games for Kostiuk, but the Ukrainian did not give up and managed to take the lead, taking 6 games in a row.

The third game began with Marta winning a game, but Vekic immediately leveled the score. In a tense struggle, the score went to 3:3, after which the tennis players exchanged 2 games.

In the last two games, both tennis players were running out of energy, Donna began to make double faults and Marta began to hit out. And in this struggle, the match went to a tiebreaker, where Vekic snatched the victory. The Ukrainian played 3 match points, but failed to win the third.

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