By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday January 23, 2024
For Marta Kostyuk, the excruciating expertise of lacking a really makeable forehand on set level within the opening set of her first Grand Slam quarterfinal was overshadowed by the fortitude she displayed to beat her errors and stay aggressive over the course of her 6-7(6), 7-6(3), 2-6 loss to Coco Gauff on Tuesday in Melbourne.
The 21-year-old could have misplaced on the scoreboard, however she feels she gained the place it issues most, in her thoughts.
“I gained for myself as we speak, and I believe it is an important factor,” she mentioned in her post-match press convention. “It is just the start of the season. Wanting ahead for what’s forward. I believe it is only a tennis match, you already know. I am right here to develop, to study, to be higher. Yeah, very pleased with myself.”
Of her errors within the opening set, Kostyuk mentioned, ultimately it’s not what decides a match. Everybody makes errors.
“For me, it is a win as a result of I used to be enjoying the most effective ladies on the planet, managed to be nonetheless very shut,” she mentioned. “It feels far but additionally very shut. This entire match I believe is a giant win for me.”
What an incredible #AusOpen from Marta Kostyuk!
The Ukrainian superior to her 1st main Quarterfinal and is as much as a career-high of No. 28 📈 pic.twitter.com/R9a8hcAlYs
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) January 23, 2024
The Huge Lesson?
Requested what her largest takeaway from her first journey to a significant quarterfinal was, Kostyuk mentioned the next:
“I believe the primary one is dream large. It truly is,” she mentioned. “There may be actually no restrict in human potentialities I believe.”
Kostyuk mentioned that in her head she got here to some essential realizations, and added that she is trying ahead to persevering with her journey with a contemporary cluster of information in her again pocket.
“Additionally considered one of large classes I had was simply in my head,” she mentioned. “Overcoming sure issues that I could not overcome for a while.”
For the Ukrainian the objective is to win a Grand Slam sometime, however simply as necessary, she says, resides a balanced and fruitful life.
“It takes quite a lot of work, takes quite a lot of acutely aware residing,” she mentioned. “However I am very pleased to be on this journey and, you already know, simply trying ahead to what else I can study. I imply, there are clearly hundreds of thousands and billions of issues that I do not know, however I am simply excited for what they’re.
“It is nearly studying and rising.”
Kostyuk says that she desires the perfect of each worlds, on the courtroom and off. “If I’ll get a Grand Slam on the finish of the day, I might be very pleased,” she mentioned. “I simply hope I can embrace it and do different issues on high of this – I imply, the journey is lengthy, however I am right here for it.”
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