Kostyuk beats Swiatek 7-5, 6-1

Marta Kostyuk ended Iga Swiatek’s French Open run on Sunday, May 31, beating the four-time champion 7-5, 6-1 in the fourth round at Roland Garros. The official tournament site listed the match at 1 hour, 39 minutes on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The loss knocked out one of the most successful players in recent tournament history and left the women’s draw without a returning champion. CBS Sports reported that the result ensured Roland Garros would crown a new women’s singles winner this year. ### How big was the result for Kostyuk? Marta Kostyuk reached the French Open quarterfinals for the first time with the win, according to Roland Garros and ESPN. The 23-year-old Ukrainian had lost all three previous meetings with Swiatek and had never taken a set from her before Sunday. After the match, Kostyuk told Roland Garros, “I’m still in shock” and said beating a player who had won the title four times in Paris was “incredible.” (rolandgarros.com) Roland Garros said the victory extended Kostyuk’s unbeaten clay-court run this season to 16 matches. The tournament site said that made her only the second woman since WTA rankings began to post that many clay wins in a row in a season, after Justine Henin in 2005. ### What happened in the match itself? The official scoreline showed Kostyuk taking the opening set 7-5 before pulling away 6-1 in the second. (rolandgarros.com) CBS Sports said Kostyuk had “the upper hand throughout the match,” and the Roland Garros roundup said Swiatek lost a tight first set before Kostyuk “ran away with the second.” Sunday, May 31, was also Swiatek’s 25th birthday. (rolandgarros.com) Roland Garros reported that Swiatek said afterward she felt unusually tense and could not regroup after losing control of the first set. ESPN described the defeat as Kostyuk “ruining her birthday” while ending the run of the last former French Open women’s champion left in the field. (rolandgarros.com) ### Why does Swiatek’s loss change the tournament? CBS Sports said Swiatek’s exit guaranteed a new women’s singles champion at Roland Garros. That followed other losses in the women’s draw, including defending champion Coco Gauff’s defeat a day earlier, according to CBS Sports and the French Open’s own coverage. (rolandgarros.com) Aryna Sabalenka is still in the tournament. BBC Sport reported that the world No. 1 beat Naomi Osaka to reach her fourth straight French Open quarterfinal, giving the top seed a path deeper into a draw that has already lost several recent title contenders. ### Who does Kostyuk play next? Marta Kostyuk’s next opponent is Elina Svitolina, according to search results surfaced from post-match coverage. (cbssports.com) That sets up an all-Ukrainian quarterfinal in Paris after Kostyuk’s first career trip to the last eight at Roland Garros. The French Open quarterfinal stage follows this week in Paris, with Kostyuk and Svitolina on one side of the women’s draw and Sabalenka still active elsewhere in the field. CBS Sports’ tournament results page is tracking the remaining schedule and bracket as Roland Garros moves toward the semifinals and final. (cbssports.com) (msn.com)