Talina Beiko is the coach and mother of Ukrainian tennis star Marta Olehivna Kostyuk.
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Marta began playing tennis at a young age at the Antey Tennis Club, on the west side of Kyiv, coached by her mother Talina .
Marta has described her initial experience in tennis at age five as well as being coached by her mum, saying;
“My mom was always working a lot as a coach, and the first time I went to the courts to train, I just understood that if I started doing tennis, I’d get to spend more time with my mom. So that was kind of my motivation – if I played tennis, I’d be around her more often.”
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Who Is Talina Beiko?
Talina Beiko is a former female tennis player from Ukraine.
Beiko played for Ukraine at the Fed Cup and has a win–loss record of 2–4.
Beiko is married to Oleh Kostyuk, and they share two children; Marta and Mariya Kostyuk, who competed for Chicago State University and Southeast Missouri State University.
Beiko’s husband was the technical director of the Antey Cup, a junior tennis tournament in Kyiv.
Beiko reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 391, and won a $10k title in her home city of Kyiv in 1994, and represented a Ukrainian tennis team.
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