Noskova gives up two match points against Kostyuk and reaches her first US Open quarterfinal anyway
Linda Noskova (No. 6) beat Marta Kostyuk (No. 11) 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 in the fourth round of the US Open 2026 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals in New York for the first time. The Wimbledon champion wasted two match points serving for the match in the second set, extending her Grand Slam winning streak to 11. Sabalenka next.
Linda Noskova, US Open 2026 | © PsNewz
Linda Noskova served for the match at 5-4 in the second set, held two match points, lost the set and won the third anyway to beat Marta Kostyuk 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 on Sunday evening and reach the quarterfinals of the US Open for the first time.
Noskova plays World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka next. The Belarusian, the top seed and two-time defending champion, beat American Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3 earlier on Sunday and has not lost a match at the US Open since the 2023 final.
The 21-year-old Czech, the No. 6 seed, is the reigning Wimbledon champion; Kostyuk, of Ukraine, was the No. 11 seed. It was the second Grand Slam running in which Noskova has ended her tournament, after their Wimbledon semifinal, 6-4, 6-4.
Since April, every one of Kostyuk’s defeats has come against the player who went on to win the title: Mirra Andreeva in the Roland-Garros semifinals, Noskova at Wimbledon, Iga Swiatek in the Toronto fourth round and Coco Gauff in the Cincinnati quarterfinals.
Marta is a huge competitor, so I knew it was gonna be tough since the beginning
“Today was very close. It could’ve ended both ways,” Noskova said after the match. “Marta is a huge competitor, so I knew it was gonna be tough since the beginning. Especially with all the chances I had in the second set. It was still very tough to restart in the third set.”
It is the third match in a row she has won that way. In the Wimbledon final she led Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-2 and held five match points before losing the second set 7-5 and winning 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. In the third round here she led No. 29 seed Ann Li of the United States 6-2, 5-3, had a match point, lost the second set on a tie-break and won 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-2.
The win was her 11th in succession at Grand Slam level, a run that began with her Wimbledon title, and her eighth of the season against a top-20 opponent. She is the youngest Czech woman to reach the US Open quarterfinals since Daja Bedanova in 2001.
US Open 2026, Women’s Fourth Round
A. Sabalenka [1] vd.T. Townsend: 6-4, 6-3
L. Noskova [6] d. M. Kostyuk [11]: 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
J. Pegula [3] vs S. Cirstea [16] – Sunday, Louis Armstrong Stadium, not before 3:00 PM
A. Kalinskaya [21] vs E. Navarro [26] – Sunday, Arthur Ashe Stadium, 7:00 PM session
M. Andreeva [5] vs A. Potapova [24] – scheduled Monday
I. Jovic [14] vs C. Gauff [4] – scheduled Monday
I. Swiatek [8] vs Q. Zheng (Q) – scheduled Monday
N. Osaka [13] vs E. Rybakina [2] – scheduled Monday
