‘Pleasure playing you,’ Marta Kostyuk puts rivarly on backseat as she lauds her Stuttgart Open opponent Elena Rybakina after suffering a straight-set loss
World No. 27 Marta Kostyuk remained unlucky in her season’s second WTA final. The Ukrainian, after knocking out three top 10 players on the trot, couldn’t overcome World No.4 Elena Rybakina , losing the Stuttgart Open final in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday (April 21).
The match ended in an hour and nine minutes with Elena Rybakina, who previously knocked out World No.1 Iga Swiatek in the semifinal, not allowing Kostyuk to have any advantage. After the defeat, Kostyuk praised the tournament, calling it one of the best.