Marta Kostyuk and Romanian player Elena Gabriela Ruse faced a crushing defeat in the doubles draw at the US Open. They lost to the duo of neutral Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Belgian Elise Mertens with a score of 6:4, 6:1 in 1 hour and 21 minutes.

The Ukrainian-Romanian pair committed 6 double faults while their opponents made just one. Neither pair managed to serve an ace, but the conversion of break points for Kudermetova and Mertens was significantly better – 4 out of 5 compared to 1 out of 5 for Kostyuk and Ruse.

US Open – Grand Slam
New York, USA, hard
Prize money: $35,632,800
Third round of doubles, September 2

Veronika Kudermetova (-)/Elise Mertens (Belgium) – Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)/Elena Gabriela Ruse (Romania) 6:4, 6:1

It should be noted that Marta Kostyuk was the only representative of Ukraine at the US Open. She also lost in the singles event, falling to Czech player Karolina Muchova. The best result for Kostyuk at the US Open is reaching the fourth round, where she defeated Katie Boulter, Zeynep Sönmez, and Diane Parry.