Just □□□ - Marta Kostyuk January 16, 2023Meanwhile, Kostyuk plays Olivia Gadecki in the Australian Open second round. After that experience, she decided to pursue a career. She won the junior Australian Open in 2017. She is currently ranked number 55 in the WTA rankings, but she will move up. On Monday, the opening Grand Slam of the season officially started.Kostyuk was in action, beating Amanda Anisimova 6-3 6-4.On the opening day of the Australian Open, another Ukrainian was in action, Kateryna Baindl - who played against Russian tennis player Kamilla Rakhimova.While Rakhimova didn't play under the name or flag of Russia, one fan publicly displayed the Russian flag during the Rakhimova and Baindl match.Baindl claimed a three-set win over Rakhimova but some were shocked to see the Russian flag being displayed at Melbourne Park.On Twitter, Kostyuk tweeted this about the display of the Russian flag. Marta Kostyuk is regarded as one of the Tour’s most attractive players as well as one of its strongest players going forward. Kostyuk not happy about seeing a Russian flag at Melbourne Park I barely say 'hi' to them," Kostyuk revealed. I don't think it's just humane," Kostyuk added.Last year, Kostyuk said that she used to think that Ukrainian and Russian players were friendsl. “It will look even better under the lights here."Whoever speaks out clearly I believe has every right to be on tour but whoever doesn't. Like a very bright yellow color.’ And I was like, ‘Okay, this will be cool.’ I think this is going to look really cool with the surroundings of the US Open, especially if it’s a night session. “But then Joelle was like, 'You know what, let's do it like a tennis ball. I would still play in it at the US Open, but I just thought it would be a different color.' “And I was like, 'Okay it’s a nice color. “I saw some pictures of how the dress would look back in March of this year… but it was a burgundy color, like a red wine color,” Kostyuk recalled, gesturing at her neon yellow Midtown Tennis Dress. Working closely with Joelle Michaeloff, head of design at Wilson Sportswear, the 21-year-old gave her some off-hand feedback that would eventually become a signature feature of the collection. The latter was an executive decision from Kostyuk herself. As Russian missiles continue to pound her country, Ukraines number two tennis player Marta Kostyuk says she will not shake hands with tour rivals from Russia and Belarus who she feels have not. Wilson’s latest sportswear drop features on-and-off the court looks for men and women, in colorways inspired by New York City tennis like classic navy, field green and, of course, tennis ball yellow. “I was in a car and when we were entering, I asked my manager, 'Where are we going? I thought that we were going to play tennis!’ And it was like, ‘Yeah, but there's tennis courts inside here.’ I'm like, What? I had to stop and realize, Okay, this is an interesting experience,” Kostyuk tells Baseline. The outspoken Ukrainian wears the brand from head to toe-or rather, from her Blade 98 v8 racquet to her Rush Pro 4.0 shoes, with her custom on-and-off-court sportswear.īefore the last major of the season got underway, Kostyuk took part in an unforgettable hitting session and a lightning-quick seven-minute photoshoot at the Vanderbilt Tennis Club-one of New York City’s most iconic tennis courts, located inside Grand Central Terminal-to showcase the brand’s new US Open collection. Marta Kostyuk, Wilson’s first 360 athlete, is aiming to make some headlines of her own in Flushing Meadows too. With the company celebrating its 45th year as the official ball of the US Open, those balls have already made headlines in tennis spheres, as the women are set to switch to Extra Duty and, for the first time, compete with the same balls as the men. Born Marta Olehivna Kostyuk on Jin Kyiv, Ukraine, her mother, Talina Beiko, was a professional tennis player, and her father, Oleg Kostyuk, was the technical director of the Antey Cup, a junior tennis tournament in Kyiv.Kostyuk began playing tennis at a youn age at the Antey Tennis Club in Kiev, Ukraine, coached by her mother. NEW YORK-Wilson Sporting Goods has long built its brand on being ‘the ball for all’.
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