Article by Daniel Grigore – published Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 11:01 / Updated Tuesday, September 2, 2025 11:02
The pair Marta Kostyuk – Gabriela Ruse has been eliminated in the eighth of the US Open's duplicate. Veronika Kudemetova and Elise Mertens were too strong for the Romanian-Ukrainian couple, score 6-4, 6-1.
Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostyuk passed the first two tours in New York, but the opponents in round 3, Veronika Kudemetova and Elise Mertens, the favorite pair number 4, have been shown to be impossible to overcome.
Last night, Ruse and Kostyuk were defeated in two sets, 4-6, 1-6. They drove in the first of the sets: They succeeded a break at 3-3 and served for 5-3 but could not impose on their own service. Kudemetova and Mertens have achieved a break at 5-4 and thus closed the set.
Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostyuk, eliminated in the eighth at the US Open
The trend continued in the second act, in which Ruse and Mertens awarded a single range, at 0-3, on their own service.
They also weighed hard and the inaccuracies of the Russian pair-Kostyuk: 6-1 at double mistakes, 19-12 in unforced errors.
In the quarters, Kudemetova and Mertens will face the Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider, the youngest average age: the first is 18, the second 21.
For the course up to round 3 (optimal phase), Ruse and Kostyuk will receive a 75 thousand dollar check.
