The picture of Sunday’s match on the Miami Open was supplied by Marta Kostyuk in her match towards Anna Blinkova. The Russian determined to complete her match with an underarm serve, which ended up being an ace as a result of her Russian opponent was not anticipating it and hardly moved. Kostyuk celebrated, advancing to the final 16 of the WTA 1000 with a 6-3, 6-2 victory
For the reason that begin of the armed battle between Russia and Ukraine, the tennis participant went straight to greet the chair umpire and didn’t shake palms with Blinkova due to her nationality
Kostyuk wins her match towards Blinkova with an ace down the road… and leaves with out a greeting
The underarm serve is a useful resource that isn’t seen on the ladies’s circuit, however it’s broadly used within the ATP. Nick Kyrgios and Alejandro Davidovich are snug with this shotMarta’s subsequent opponent on the Arduous Rock Stadium courts might be native Jessica Pegula, the fourth seed, who suffered quite a bit to get rid of Anna Kalinskaya, 6-7(3), 6-2 and 7-6(2)
