Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk battled again from a set down and handled three rain interruptions to beat eighth seed Maria Sakkari 0-6 7-5 6-2 on July 5 and transfer into the Wimbledon second spherical.
The 21-year-old had regarded out for the depend after the primary set and Sakkari’s flawless energy sport however recovered after a prolonged rain interruption within the first set and one other within the second to show the match round.
The match had began additionally with a quick rain interruption however the Ukrainian nonetheless managed to earn her first win over her opponent on the third try.
“Probably I have never been interrupted twice,” she mentioned of the 2 rain suspensions and the transient interruption early within the first set.
“Every time I was going into a rain break I was going into different emotions,” mentioned Kostyuk, who was additionally emotional a number of instances throughout the match.
“I was crying during the breaks. I tried to figure out what was happening. I tried to come back into the match. It was not easy.
“I simply tried to combat and need to say thanks to my group,” she mentioned.
Sakkari made a flawless begin and bagged two breaks to maneuver 5-0 up with Kostyuk’s error depend rising sharply, however the Twenty eighth-ranked Ukrainian received some respite when rain stopped play.
Sakkari initially regarded undisturbed by the rain suspension, taking the primary set quickly after the restart.
Her new coaching partnership with former Wimbledon finalist Mark Philippoussis paying off with Sakkari in full management.
Kostyuk, nonetheless, turned the tables within the second set with aggressive play that pressured Sakkari into extra unforced errors.
The Ukrainian was additionally dashing to the web and mixing it up and succeeded in utterly throwing her opponent off her rhythm.
She broke the Greek twice to go 5-3 up earlier than forcing a decider.
Sakkari was wilting by then and Kostyuk took 9 consecutive video games en path to a 5-1 lead earlier than sealing victory on her first match level.