Tennis star Marta Kostyuk, 21, poses TOPLESS for Vogue photoshoot as she ditches all-white ahead of Wimbledon
TENNIS star Marta Kostyuk has posed topless for Vogue Ukraine as she gears up for Wimbledon.
The 21-year-old is preparing to make her fourth appearance in the main draw at the All England Club as she looks to go further than her career-best third round exit last year.
Marta Kostyuk reached the Australian Open quarter-finals earlier this yearGetty
The World No18 is coming off the back of her deepest run at a Grand Slam to date after she reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open at the beginning of 2024, before eventually losing to Coco Gauff.
Now the Ukrainian, her country’s No1 ranked player, has appeared in Vogue as they look ahead to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.
The magazine, celebrating “legendary athletes and new stars of national sports”, showed Kostyuk staring at the camera with her arms covering her topless body.
All she was wearing in the image was a pair of white Nylon skirt-shorts from Intertop.
Kostyuk shared the snap to her Instagram alongside the caption: “@vogue_ukraine special edition for Olympic Games what an honour to represent #vogue.”
Reacting to the photo, one fan said: “Diva .”
While another added: “Very Beautiful .”
And a third replied: ” Bellissima .”
Wimbledon 2024 prize money
PRIZE MONEY for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships is a new record – and puts the grass-court Slam at the top of the tree.
The All England Club will dish out £50million across all the events – an increase of £5.3m and 11.9 per cent on last year, where singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova picked up £2.35m each.
However, the king and queen of grass this July will collect an extra £350,000 – taking the winner’s earnings to £2.7m.
Here is the breakdown for the 2024 Wimbledon singles prize money:
Winner: £2.7m
Runner-up: £1.4m
Semi-finalists: £715,000
Quarter-finalists: £375,000
Fourth round: £226,000
Third round: £143,000
Second round: £93,000
First round: £60,000
Overall total: £50m
Kostyuk appeared in Vogue as she prepares for Wimbledoninstagram @martakostyuk
The Ukrainian has 280,000 followers on Instagraminstagram @martakostyuk
She has appeared in the main draw of Wimbledon three times in the pastinstagram @martakostyuk
Kostyuk has enjoyed an impressive 2024 so far, reaching two WTA tour finals to go with her quarter-final run in Melbourne.
She lost to Britain’s Katie Boulter in San Diego, before being beaten by Elena Rybakina in Stuttgart.
At the French Open, she was knocked out in the second round by Croatia’s Donna Vekic.
Kostyuk is still searching for her first Grand Slam semi-finalinstagram @martakostyuk
She was honoured to appear in Vogue ahead of the Olympicsinstagram @martakostyuk
Marta regularly shares pictures for her huge fanbaseinstagram @martakostyuk
What it’s like to be a Wimbledon ball kid
By Alison Maloney
WHILE the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and Andy Murray keep us entertained during this summer’s Championships, spare a thought for those unsung heroes that keep the tournament going.
Personal trainer Alex Crockford, now 33, served as a ball boy at Wimbledon in 2005 and 2006, and has lifted the lid to SunSport on what it’s really like.
“Standing still for hours is one of the toughest parts of being a ball boy,” he says.
“It’s quite strict and you don’t want to let your team down or feel like you’re doing a bad job.
“I remember one really hot day, I clearly hadn’t fuelled or hydrated myself appropriately.
“I did have a very faint moment, and started seeing blurry stars.
“There are six BBGs on the court and a captain, which was me, so I was standing to the left of the umpire chair and I was away from my water.
“I had to go outside of my position, get some water and re-balance myself before I could continue.”
Click here to read Alex’s ball boy story in full.
