{"id":20616,"date":"2017-01-28T06:54:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T06:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=20616"},"modified":"2017-01-28T06:54:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T06:54:19","slug":"marta-kostyuk-duplicates-feat-of-mirjana-lucic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/tennis\/marta-kostyuk-duplicates-feat-of-mirjana-lucic.html","title":{"rendered":"Marta Kostyuk duplicates feat of Mirjana Lucic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marta Kostyuk duplicates feat of Mirjana Lucic<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Latest on Saturday from the Australian Open (all times local):<\/span><\/p>\n

3:35 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk has duplicated the feat of Croatian Mirjana Lucic 20 years ago when she won the Australian Open girls singles title.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kostyuk, who’s 14, utilized her powerful ground strokes to outlast top-seeded Rebeka Masarova of Switzerland 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucic-Baroni, a surprise women’s singles semifinalist this year, was also 14 when she beat Germany’s Marlene Weingartner 6-2, 6-2 in the 1997 Australian junior final.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kostyuk, who broke Masarova’s serve in the ninth game of the final set, is the first Ukraine player to win the Australian Open girls title.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3:25 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marta Kostyuk has won the Australian Open junior girls title with a 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 win over top-seeded Rebeka Masarova of Switzerland on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 14-year-old from Ukraine broke Masarova’s serve in the ninth game of the final set, then held her serve in the 10th, clinching the match on a forehand.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an evening match, Serena Williams was scheduled to play her sister Venus in the women’s final. A win by Serena would be her 23rd major title, breaking the Open-era record of 22 that she held with Steffi Graf.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the men’s doubles final, American twins Bob and Mike Bryan looked to win their seventh Australian title when they played Henri Kontinen of Finland and Australian John Peers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/tennis\/2017\/01\/27\/the-latest-marta-kostyuk-duplicates-feat-of-mirjana-lucic\/97175228\/<\/span><\/div>\n

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