{"id":418794,"date":"2026-01-19T06:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/418794\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:12:08","slug":"marta-kostyuk-confirms-ankle-injury-after-losing-in-first-round-of-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/418794\/","title":{"rendered":"Marta Kostyuk confirms ankle injury after losing in first round of Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 Marta Kostyuk tore a ligament in her left ankle during her first-round loss at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Elsa Jacquemot ousted the No. 20 Kostyuk 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) after saving a match point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kostyuk rolled her ankle toward the end of the third set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cUnfortunately, I injured my ankle during my match today, and after further tests, torn ligament was confirmed,&#8221; Kostyuk wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Ukrainian added she won&#8217;t be able to play in doubles at the tournament with her partner Elena-Gabriela Ruse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe Australian Open has always been one of my favorite tournaments, so this isn\u2019t how I imagined my run ending,\u201d she said. &#8220;But that\u2019s part of the sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kostyuk had started the year on a high note, ending runner-up to top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at the Brisbane International.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cDespite the setback, Brisbane was a great way to start the year, and I\u2019m thankful for that momentum,\u201d she said. \u201cNow it\u2019s time to focus on recovery, and I\u2019m excited to be back on court as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 Marta Kostyuk tore a ligament in her left ankle during her first-round loss at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-418794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}