Marta Kostyuk did not hide her excitement after winning the Mutua Madrid Open 2026, a tournament that, as she acknowledged during the trophy ceremony, she had never felt so favorable to her game. "I never thought I could lift the title here. If you look at my numbers, until last year I had a 2-7 record in Madrid. It wasn't my favorite tournament, honestly," the Ukrainian confessed after claiming her first WTA 1000. Kostyuk also wanted to highlight the journey taken to reach this moment: "It has taken me many years to get here. It has been a matter of perseverance, showing up every day and not giving up. I think only we know everything we have gone through and how many times I wanted to give up. You kept me afloat, you pushed me to keep going. That's why I'm here today," she told her team.
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