Tennis star Marta Kostyuk returned to her car to discover it had been broken into during a trip to Milan this week. The Ukrainian, who is currently ranked at No. 18 in the world, was visiting the Italian city with her husband George Kyzymenko when the incident occurred.
Kostyuk ended her 2024 season with a third-round exit at the Wuhan Open last month after losing to Coco Gauff.
And she headed to Italy to unwind before the new season gets underway at the start of next year.
During her visit to Milan, Kostyuk returned to her Porsche SUV to find the rear window had been shattered. But, incredibly, the criminals didn’t steal her tennis rackets.
And she detailed the incident in an Instagram post on Friday. After uploading a picture of the back of the Porsche, which had temporarily been covered with tape, the 22-year-old told her followers: “Expensive trip to Milano. Whoever did this – God bless you. Truly.”
She then added a second image to her story which showed her tennis rackets intact in the boot of the vehicle. And she a jokingly penned: “Clearly they are not into sports.”
Kostyuk has endured mixed fortunes on the court this year and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January before succumbing to Gauff after a three-set thriller.
She lost to Katie Boulter in the final of the San Diego Open in March, before progressing to the last four at Indian Wells a couple of weeks later.
And the ace impressed on the clay at the Stuttgart Open in April as she made it to the showpiece match once again before being seen off by Elena Rybakina.
Kostyuk struggled in the other three Grand Slam events, however, and was dumped out of the French Open in the second round after losing to Donna Vekic.
She was dispatched by Madison Keys in the third round of Wimbledon and reached the same stage at the US Open but was defeated by Emma Navarro.
During her run in Melbourne at the start of the season, Kostyuk referenced former prime minister David Cameron as she lashed out at the media for failing to keep up their coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
And she explained: “I understand that everyone has their own issues, and everyone is focused on their thing. I think I’m here to remind everyone all the time that it’s still on, and it should be stopped. It’s not normal that it’s happening.”
