{"id":637264,"date":"2026-04-29T22:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637264\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:36:09","slug":"kostyuk-rides-nine-match-winning-streak-into-madrid-semis-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637264\/","title":{"rendered":"Kostyuk Rides Nine-Match Winning Streak into Madrid Semis \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A traffic-jam opening set between Linda Noskova and Marta Kostyuk\u2014featuring eight breaks of serve before Kostyuk took control in the tiebreak\u2014gave way to a runaway second set, as the Ukrainian surged to a 7-6(1), 6-0 victory to reach her second WTA 1000 semifinal at the Caja M\u00e1gica.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pro-Player-Gear-610X150-03.jpg\" alt=\"tennis express pro player gear\" class=\"wp-image-54451\"  data-\/>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\n<p>Kostyuk, the champion in Rouen nine days ago, extends her career-best winning streak to nine and sets up a semifinal clash with Anastasia Potapova.<\/p>\n<p>Kostyuk seized control in her first career meeting with the 13th-ranked Czech behind a relentless return game, earning a remarkable 24 break points and converting seven.<\/p>\n<p>She then tightened her serve in the second set, not facing a single break point as she improved to 15-4 on the season.<\/p>\n<p>Kostyuk has yet to drop a set in Madrid\u2014her run includes a 6-2, 6-4 win over No. 5 Jessica Pegula in the third round. She also defeated Yulia Putintseva, 6-1, 6-3, in round two, and Caty McNally, 6-2, 6-3, in the round of 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A traffic-jam opening set between Linda Noskova and Marta Kostyuk\u2014featuring eight breaks of serve before Kostyuk took control&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-637264","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\/637264","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=637264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}