Marta Kostyuk suggested that the biological structure plays a huge role in women’s tennis, while explaining why she has yet to beat Aryna Sabalenka or Iga Swiatek . Kostyuk was last seen in action at the Wuhan Open, where in her first match, she suffered a three-set defeat to Karolina Muchova .

The Ukrainian ace has yet to win a title this year. She, in fact, has not yet played a final this year, last winning a title at the 2023 ATX Open by defeating Varvara Gracheva . Last year, she lost the two finals she played at the San Diego Open and Stuttgart Open. She recently sat for an interview with Tennis365 during which she was asked whether she gets intimidated while locking horns with Sabalenka and Swiatek.

Against Iga, when I have played her, I wasn’t ready to play her at all.

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