Marta Kostyuk wins all-Ukrainian battle to pick up Rouen crown

[p]The 23-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostyuk-marta/8CZqQdSa/"]Kostyuk[/a] won [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/kostyuk-m-8CZqQdSa/podrez-v-j7lRpbCL/?mid=EPUJwI6t"]6-3, 6-4[/a] in the first WTA final between two Ukrainian players.[/p][p]She succeeded countrywoman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Svitolina[/a], who won in Rouen last year as the top seed.[/p][p]For 19-year-old qualifier [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/podrez-veronika/j7lRpbCL/"]Podrez[/a], ranked 209th in the world, it was a first final in her main draw debut at a tour-level event.[/p][embed guid="f10f39d0-83da-42e1-9a87-65d152d1dd22" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2045884648987766877" social-type="twitter" /][p]Both Kostyuk and Podrez struggled on their serve in the indoor clay final, hitting 12 double faults between them.[/p][p]But Kostyuk converted six of her nine break point opportunities compared to Podrez, who converted four of seven in the tie, which lasted 1hr 12min.[/p][p]Kostyuk claimed her second WTA singles title and first in more than three years since her victory in Austin, Texas, in 2023.[/p][embed guid="ec0a4b28-8a64-4514-8b97-e4c27c4e3c85" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2045906252937498748" social-type="twitter" /]