Marta Kostyuk is grabbing a lot of attention for her ongoing 2026 Wimbledon semi-final against Czech tennis player, Linda Noskova. Amid this, her statement about dealing with depression resurfaced.
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Add BollywoodShaadis on GoogleUkrainian tennis star, Marta Kostyuk is currently hogging the limelight for her ongoing Wimbledon semi-final match against Czech tennis player, Linda Noskova. She advanced to this stage after a commanding 2026 Wimbledon quarter-final win over Italy's Jasmine Paolini. Amid the buzz surrounding the 2026 Wimbledon semi-final, Marta’s statement on struggling with depression resurfaced. It is worth mentioning that the Ukrainian tennis star has always been vocal about her personal struggles.
Back in 2018, Marta Kostyuk got candid about her struggle with depression. Marta revealed that after her breakthrough at the 2018 Australian Open, she slipped into depression. The heavy pressure to constantly defend her ranking points and to maintain her early success left her at her lowest point. Marta was just 15 when she made this record. Recalling the time after the 2018 Australian Open, Marta once said:
"I clung to the Australian Open for so long in my life. It was then the highlight of my career. It was such a big deal, and I didn't want to let it go. I wanted to go back to the feeling of hitting the ball at the Australian Open. I spent the whole of 2018 thinking about how I could keep these points. It was a very hard time in my life. I was at my lowest point. I had to go through depression but never talked about it. I tried to be very inconspicuous when I was having problems. That time was very challenging. There were many Things off the field. It just fell apart."
In the same interview, Marta shared that the biggest turning point in her tennis career as she turned 18 in June 2020. Before her 18th birthday, she had restrictions on how many tournaments she could play and had to carefully plan her schedule. But as she turned a year older, those limits were removed. She gained her lost confidence. In her words:
"Since then I have been able to play as many tournaments as I want. I now have no limits in my head, and I don't think that I can only play two events and have to plan my year."
Marta Kostyuk won the WTA 1000 title on May 2, 2026. After her win, Marta opened up about letting go of the 15-year-old prodigy. She described her massive win at the age of 15 as a curse. Explaining it further, Marta said that after she let go of her 15-year-old prodigy, it was incredible. The Ukrainian tennis star shared that she is proud of herself for achieving all of that when she was just 14 and 15. In her words:
"At the beginning of this year, I told my team that I finally feel the achievements I had when I was 15 don’t have a weight on me anymore. I was living for many years in that state of everyone expecting big results from me, almost winning. Having such good results, being so young, was almost like a curse. When I freed myself from that, it was incredible. And I’m very proud of myself that I managed to achieve all of that when I was 14 and 15. That gave me the freedom to enjoy this sport and just play it."
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