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Marta Kostyuk vs Anna Blinkova — 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3
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Final · Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Round of 64
Result
The 12th seed Marta Kostyuk recovered from a first-set tiebreak to beat Anna Blinkova 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 on Court 18 in a scrappy two-and-a-half-hour battle. Neither woman held serve comfortably — Kostyuk alone converted seven of nineteen break points — but her 48 winners to Blinkova's 11 eventually overwhelmed a match littered with 89 combined unforced errors. Into the third round the hard way.
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At this Stage
Nothing about this was tidy except the outcome. Marta Kostyuk, the 12th seed and a 6-1 6-2 winner over Nadia Podoroska in her opener, lost a first-set tie-break to Anna Blinkova and ground her way back, 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3, through two and a half scrappy hours and 89 combined unforced errors. Blinkova, herself a three-set winner over Yuliia Starodubtseva in round one, managed just 11 winners to Kostyuk's 48 — a gap no amount of scrap could disguise. Kostyuk advances, the hard way, to a last-32 meeting with 23rd seed Emma Navarro, who likewise came through in three. Progress does not have to be pretty; it only has to be progress.
Round of 128
Round of 64
What we know now
Court: Court 18
Match length: 2:33
Tale of the tape
Player vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.
The briefing
Storylines
- Kostyuk, the 12th seed, drops the opening set before turning it around.
- A break-heavy grind: Kostyuk converted seven of nineteen break points, Blinkova four of fourteen.
- Kostyuk's 48 winners dwarfed Blinkova's 11 across an error-strewn contest.
Court & schedule: Court 18, second round. (All England Club order of play, via TennisTemple match record, as of 2026-07-03)
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.