Madrid, May 3 -- Marta Kostyuk defeated Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 7-5 to win the Madrid Open for the first time on Saturday. It was world No.23 Kostyuk's first trophy at WTA 1000 level and her second title of the season. She became only the second player outside of the top 20 to win the Madrid Open, in her third final of an impressive 2026 thus far. "It feels unbelievable to stand here right now," said Kostyuk, holding the trophy. "It took me many years to reach this point and the one word I think about right now is consistency; showing up every day no matter how hard it is, no matter how much you love or hate what you do." The Ukrainian secured the first break to take a 4-2 lead in the opening set, with world No.8 Andreeva struggling to handle her opponent's superior power. The 23-year-old Rouen Open winner spurned her first set point with a double fault but captured the second when Andreeva went long. The Russian, who became favourite to win the tournament after Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated, made too many mistakes in the first set. Later, Kostyuk opened up three championship points and spurned the first two but triumphed when Andreeva sent a backhand long. "Of course I would like to congratulate Marta, for how your clay season is going so far as well, you won two tournaments in a row, so you're playing very well," said a tearful Andreeva. It was her third WTA 1000 final and her first defeat in one....