Madrid Open: Kostyuk breezes past Potapova to move into quarter-finals
Marta Kostyuk defeated Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday evening. She’ll play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, in the next round
Marta Kostyuk, Madrid Open, 2025 © Zuma / Psnewz
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 24 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Madrid Open by defeating Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 6-2 at the Caja Mágica.
Kostyuk, ranked No 36, will play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.
The 22-year-old Ukrainian won against Emma Raducanu (6-4, 2-6, 6-2) and edged out Russian Veronika Kudermetova (6-0, 4-6, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.
Earlier in the tournament, Potapova, ranked No 39, beat American Ashlyn Krueger (6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2), Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed (6-4, 6-4) and American Sofia Kenin, the No 32 seed (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)).
Madrid WTA 1000, other last-16 results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Aryna Sabalenka beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 6-4
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (21): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Elina Svitolina (17) beat Maria Sakkari: 6-3, 6-4
- Madison Keys (5) beat Donna Vekic (19): 6-2, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Diana Shnaider (13): 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Belinda Bencic: 6-4, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q): 6-1, 6-4
