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More than a year after she almost bared all in a glossy photo spread celebrating Ukraine's Paris Olympians, Marta Kostyuk is turning heads in Vogue Ukraine again.

While Kostyuk wears more than just a tennis skirt this time around, her latest photo shoot by photographer Stephan Lisowski still got people talking—and that included her peers. Bianca Andresscu, Amanda Anisimova and Eva Lys were among the likes that Kostyuk's "insane"—in Anisimova's words—photos racked up on Instagram. One of the burgeoning fashion mavens of women's tennis, Kostyuk wore stringy swimsuits from Ukrainian upcycled brand TPDG, trunks from Diesel, and a black leather jacket from Yves Saint Laurent.

In the accompanying interview, Kostyuk says she's "never felt so fresh at the end of a season" before, as she credits a change in persepctive and an expansive skincare routine as Ukraine's first ambassador for LaRoche Posay.

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"I've always worked until I was exhausted. But now I've realized that it won't work that way," she said. "[Tennis players'] careers are quite short, so you need to live it with excitement, enjoy it, and not suffer and wait for it to end. I like how I'm playing now, what mood I'm in and how I enjoy my work."

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That perspective came in the middle of a solid season in which she reached three WTA 1000 quarterfinals and the US Open fourth round for the first time. But it also had an injury scare in the summer. Forced to retire from a quarterfinal match against Elena Rybakina in Montreal, it was later revealed that she had a torn ligament in her hand, leading to uncertainty about whether she'd even step on court in New York.

The ups and downs helped Kostyuk, known for her big personality and expressions on the court, ground herself.

"All high-level players can play tennis," she told Vogue. "But your psyche decides a lot. ... I'm open to all emotions, both good and bad. It's a cool process of life. For me, the most valuable thing is to watch myself change, grow and develop."

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