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Tennis: China's Yuan Yue Beats Ninth Seed Kostyuk Into Third Round At Brisbane International
Yuan Yue: China's Yuan Yue beat ninth seed Marta Kostyuk on Wednesday night to advance to the third round of the Brisbane International tennis tournament. Yuan beat Kostyuk, the world number 18, 6-4, 6-3 in their second-round match at the key Australian Open warm-up event.
The Chinese world number 49 won 65.5 percent of points on her own serve, compared to Kostyuk's 54.8 percent, despite making fewer first serves than the Ukrainian. "I'm very excited to win this match, my first of 2025," Yuan said on court following the victory.
She said that the large contingent of Chinese fans in the crowd supporting her gave her the energy to win the match. Yuan will play another Ukrainian, Anhelina Kalinina, in the round of 16 on Thursday afternoon local time, reports Xinhua.
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