Marta Kostyuk (27) faced defeat in the opening round of the WTA 500 tournament held in Washington, falling to British player Emma Raducanu (46).

The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes and ended with a score of 7:6(4), 6:4.

When things aren't going well, Kostyuk's performance resembles a sine wave. In the first half of the opening set, she had break points on every one of Raducanu's serves but managed to convert only one before promptly losing her own serve. After that, she had to scramble to hold her own games.

Kostyuk successfully pushed the match to a tiebreak, where she quickly fell behind 0:4, managed to equalize, but then lost three consecutive points.

In the second set, the British player led 3:0 and 4:1, but Marta managed to level the score at four. A subsequent drop in her game led to a final score of 4:6 and a loss in the match.

Throughout the match, Kostyuk served 3 aces, made 7 double faults, and achieved 2 breaks. Raducanu's stats included 2 aces, 4 service errors, and 3 breaks.

Mubadala City DC Open – WTA 500

Washington, USA, hard court

Prize Money: $1,064,510

First Round, July 22

Emma Raducanu (Great Britain) – Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) 7:6(4), 6:4

This was the fourth encounter between the two players, with Raducanu leveling the series at 2:2. In the next round, Raducanu will face the winner of the match between Naomi Osaka (51, Japan) and Yulia Putintseva (43, Kazakhstan).

For Kostyuk, this marks her sixth consecutive defeat at WTA tournaments, with her last victory coming against Leylah Fernandez on May 11 at the 'thousand' event in Rome.

It is worth noting that Kostyuk recently shared her thoughts on her prospects for the upcoming US Open.