Marta Kostyuk declared Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer her largest tennis inspiration because the Ukrainian tennis star used to recurrently watch the 2 giants and tried to be taught from them within the course of.
The Ukrainian, who will flip 23 in June, has been a longtime WTA participant for the previous few years as she has one title in her assortment and has been ranked as excessive as No. 16 on this planet.
Whereas the present world No. 18 has but to make a very huge consequence, it’s protected to say that she is already making a really stable profession for herself.
This week, Kostyuk is competing on the WTA 500 event in Merida, the place she is the sixth seed.
Forward of the event, she participated in a recreation the place she had to attract a query after which reply it.
“Which tennis participant impressed you essentially the most?” the query the Ukrainian drew learn.
“I used to observe quite a lot of tennis after I was a child, so I used to be all the time studying from everybody. However I’d say Roger and Novak. I bear in mind them essentially the most from my childhood,” she answered.
💬Marta Kostyuk on who impressed her most rising up:
“I used to observe quite a lot of tennis after I was a child, so I used to be all the time studying from everybody. However I’d say Roger and Novak. I bear in mind them essentially the most from my childhood.”
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Kostyuk as soon as thought she was going to ‘marry’ Djokovic
Seven years in the past – when the Ukrainian was simply 16 – she was debuting on the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart.
And after successful three qualifying matches that yr and likewise beating Antonia Lottner in the principle draw first spherical, she made a remark that went viral.
“Till I used to be 9 I believed [Novak] was going to be my husband,” stated Marta Kostyuk in Stuttgart on Tuesday.
“Till I used to be 9 I believed @DjokerNole was going to be my husband” – @marta_kostyuk 😍 😂 😂 pic.twitter.com/pyywu2s4BF
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