Marta Kostyuk surges past Jasmine Paolini and into the Wimbledon semifinals

THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, London — Marta Kostyuk is in a sweet spot as she marches on to the Wimbledon semifinals, after a 6-3, 6-2 win over 2024 finalist Jasmine Paolini Wednesday. “Winning here was not even in the plans today, I just wanted to go out, enjoy it,” Kostyuk said in her on-court interview after the match. The 24-year-old is in the rare space tennis players dream of where a positive mental outlook is making space for her game to shine. Kostyuk has been playing excellently since the star