Impressive Kartal reaches Wimbledon third round

Sonay Kartal continued her impressive form at Wimbledon by becoming the first British player to reach round three this year with a dominant victory over Viktoriya Tomova. After two days of blistering heat the start to Wednesday’s play was delayed by more than two hours because of rain in the morning. But once the action […]

Impressive Kartal reaches Wimbledon third round

Sonay Kartal continued her impressive form at Wimbledon by becoming the first British player to reach round three this year with a dominant victory over Viktoriya Tomova.

After two days of blistering heat the start to Wednesday’s play was delayed by more than two hours because of rain in the morning.

But once the action did begin British number three Kartal followed up her impressive first-round win against 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko by quickly despatching of Tomova 6-2 6-2.

It is the second year in a row Kartal has reached the third round at Wimbledon.

Next up for Kartal is a match against world number 15 Diana Shnaider or qualifier Diane Parry.