On April 20, Beijing time, the 2024 WTA500 Stuttgart station women's singles 1/4 finals, a focus battle, Kostyuk vs. Gauff, in the end, Kostyuk broke out of the upset, won two sets in a row after losing one set, and eliminated Gauff with a big score of 2-1, and entered the top 4, congratulations.
Gauff is a talented teenager in the United States and a Grand Slam champion who is the No. 3 seed in this tournament, while Kostyuk eliminated No. 5 seed and China's No. 1 sister Zheng Qinwen in the last round to become the latter's finisher. Judging from the comparison of the comprehensive strength of the two, it is obvious that Gauff is stronger.
In the first set, Gauff broke first in the second game to make it 2-0, and Kostyuk quickly broke back and held serve 2-2 in the fourth game. In the sixth game, Gauff broke serve again and took the lead again at 4-2. In the 7th game, Kostyuk broke 3-4 with four straight points, and in the 8th game, Gauff broke again 5-3, and then cashed in on the serve to win the set without danger, taking the next game 6-3 and leading Kostyuk 1-0.
In the second set, Gauff came up to break serve, and Kostyuk quickly broke back, and in the third and fourth games, the two broke each other's serve to make it 2-2. In the fifth game, Gauff continued to break 3-2, and then easily held serve for 4-2. In the 8th game, Kostyuk broke back again 4-4. Then he held serve 5-4 in the love game, and in the 10th game, Gauff's serve game with no way back was lost again, and Kostyuk won the key break 6-4, and the big score was 1-1.
In the deciding set, Gauff broke serve in the third game, then held serve 3-1, and Kostyuk won three games in a row to take a 4-3 lead. In the 8th game, Gough successfully held serve 4-4. In the 11th and 12th games, the two broke each for 6-6. In the tie-break battle, Kostyuk won 8-6 in a thrilling way, and eliminated Gauff with a big score of 2-1.
The semi-finals have also been decided, with only one unseeded match: top seed Swiatek vs No. 4 seed Rybakina, and No. 6 seed Vondrousova vs Kostyuk