by Sonay Kartal was the first British player to achieve the third round of Wimbledon her best run at SW19-with a win with straight sets against Viktoriya Tomova.
Sometimes tennis games can be a matter of beauty, but Kartal’s exhibition in court No. 3 was a ruthless precision when they stormed into a 6: 2, 6: 2 triumph.
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When Kartal, who sent the former French Open Champion Jelena Ostapenko in the first round, realized that she was fancer than the 30-year-old Tomova, the result was never doubtful.
Not that they would know how simple it was from Kartal, which shows hardly any emotions on the pitch. There are not many screams or pumps from the British player and in her interview on the pitch, she described the match modestly as a “good day in the office”.
Bulgarian Tomova was lucky enough in the opening round of benefiting from ONS Jabeurs prematurely withdrawal, but she was never really in competition against Kartal.
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British No. 3, which comes from Brighton, had made 4: 2 in the opening sentence. With her second break point, he was led in the opening set with her second break point with her second break point 4: 2-tomova with 4: foot.
The crucial break came after Kartal had been brought to work hard to keep her own serve, but as soon as it came, she never looked back. It triggered a run in which she took nine games in a row.
Kartal is neither the biggest player nor the most powerful, but the pocket rocket won the decisive points and never subsided, even in games in which it was left behind.
Katie Boulter said that after the two had played each other in Nottingham two weeks ago, she expected Kartal to surpass them in the world rankings, and a good run at Wimbledon could manifest this prediction. However, a difficult test against No. 12 -aatgut Diana Shraider was able to wait in the third round.
