Kostyuk makes light of rain breaks to stun eighth seed Sakkari

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk battled back from a set down and dealt with three rain interruptions to beat eighth seed Maria Sakkari 0-6 7-5 6-2 and move into the Wimbledon second round.

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk battled back from a set down and dealt with three rain interruptions to beat eighth seed Maria Sakkari 0-6 7-5 6-2 on July 5 and move into the Wimbledon second round.

The 21-year-old had looked out for the count after the first set and Sakkari's flawless power game but recovered after a lengthy rain interruption in the first set and another in the second to turn the match around.

The match had started also with a brief rain interruption but the Ukrainian still managed to earn her first win over her opponent at the third attempt.

"Probably I have never been interrupted twice," she said of the two rain suspensions and the brief interruption early in the first set.

"Every time I was going into a rain break I was going into different emotions," said Kostyuk, who was also emotional several times during the match.

"I was crying during the breaks. I tried to figure out what was happening. I tried to come back into the match. It was not easy.

"I just tried to fight and want to say thank you to my team," she said.