The National back Open has already begun and we all will be looking forward to another tournament that will feature some of the biggest stars in tennis right now. This will be one of the major ATP/WTA 1000 tournaments played before the upcoming Grand Slam event in New York and this time we will be done on the hard court. There will be plenty of matches to look forward to in this hard court season and we as fans will be looking to enjoy it.
One of the matches that will be interesting is between two Ukrainian stars in the form of Marta Kostyuk and Elina Svitolina. While Svitolina has been one of the most experienced campaigners in the game, Kostyuk has also been giving us some great performances this season. This will surely be a Ukrainian clash we all will be looking forward to once again. These two players have shown a lot of promise and we all will be looking forward to see them battle it out on the hard court.
Match details
Fixture: Elina Svitolina vs (11) Marta Kostyuk
Date: August 8, 2024
Tournament: National Bank Open 2024
Round: round 2
Venue: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Category: Olympics Men’s singles
Surface: Hard court
Head-to-Head
The last time these two had faced each other was back in 2018 and it was Elina Svitolina who was the winner in that encounter in the Australian Open. However Kostyuk has now come a long way from back then and this time she will be looking foraward to showing why she is a higher seeded than her compatriot on this occassion. This is what will make this encounter interesting as we will be getting to see the young Kostyuk take on the experience of Svitolina in this upcoming match.