Madrid, May 3 -- Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk beat Mirra Andreeva in straight sets to win the Madrid Open and her first title at WTA 1000 level.
The world number 23 triumphed 6-3 7-5 against her Russian opponent, becoming only the second player outside of the top 20 to win in the Spanish capital, according to BBC sport.
"It feels unbelievable to stand here right now," said 26th seed Kostyuk after winning in her first final at this level.
"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.
"I've been doing that really well over the past years I think, so I'm very proud of myself and my team."The 23-y...