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Kostyuk dedicates historic win to Ukraine
Key takeaways
- Marta Kostyuk is on the longest clay-court winning streak at the start of a season on the tour since Iga Swiatek won her first 18 in 2022
- A tearful Marta Kostyuk dedicated her French Open quarter-final against compatriot Elina Svitolina to Ukraine after she made history to reach the last four in Paris.
- The 23-year-old outlasted seventh seed Svitolina - who she earlier described as "a legend of Ukrainian tennis" - in a deciding set in the first major quarter-final between two Ukrainian women in history.
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Marta Kostyuk is on the longest clay-court winning streak at the start of a season on the tour since Iga Swiatek won her first 18 in 2022
A tearful Marta Kostyuk dedicated her French Open quarter-final against compatriot Elina Svitolina to Ukraine after she made history to reach the last four in Paris.
The 23-year-old outlasted seventh seed Svitolina - who she earlier described as "a legend of Ukrainian tennis" - in a deciding set in the first major quarter-final between two Ukrainian women in history.
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