Marta Kostiuk, 15-year-old Ukrainian athlete who won last year’s Girls’ Singles Tournament of the Australian Open.
In the finals for qualification, the young athlete won in three sets against Barbora Krejčíková (the Czech Republic), scoring 6:3, 5:7, 6:0.
This way Kostiuk has become the youngest participant of this year’s tournament. This will be the first adult championship for the tennis player.