The image of Sunday’s match at the Miami Open was provided by Marta Kostyuk in her match against Anna Blinkova. The Russian decided to finish her match with an underarm serve, which ended up being an ace because her Russian opponent was not expecting it and hardly moved. Kostyuk celebrated, advancing to the last 16 of the WTA 1000 with a 6-3, 6-2 victory
Since the start of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the tennis player went straight to greet the chair umpire and did not shake hands with Blinkova because of her nationality
The underarm serve is a resource that is not seen on the women’s circuit, but it is widely used in the ATP. Nick Kyrgios and Alejandro Davidovich are comfortable with this shotMarta’s next opponent on the Hard Rock Stadium courts will be local Jessica Pegula, the fourth seed, who suffered a lot to eliminate Anna Kalinskaya, 6-7(3), 6-2 and 7-6(2)
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