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Elina Svitolina Loses to Resurgent British Player Sonay Kartal at the Wuhan Open
Kartal, ranked 170th, has won six of eight matches since returning from a back stress fracture and will face Jelena Ostapenko next.
- On Friday, Sonay Kartal defeated fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the Wuhan Open quarterfinals, advancing the British player to her first WTA 1000 tournament semifinal.
- Competing in just her third tournament following a six-month lay-off due to a back injury, the 24-year-old Kartal has won six of her eight matches since returning to the elite tour.
- Kartal's impressive run included victories against ninth seed Belinda Bencic and former Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini, while Svitolina exited last week after losing in the China Open quarterfinals.
- Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, awaits Kartal in the semifinals after defeating 11th-seeded Diana Shnaider 7-6 , 6-1 on Friday.
- "I'm super proud of the determination I managed to show in that match and I think it was solid composure throughout," Kartal said, marking a new career milestone for the British player.
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The Independent (US)Sonay Kartal defeats Elina Svitolina to reach Wuhan Open semi-finals
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Elina Svitolina loses to resurgent British player Sonay Kartal at the Wuhan Open
WUHAN, China (AP) — Fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina is out of the Wuhan Open after losing 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to resurgent British player Sonay Kartal in the quarterfinals Friday.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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Leading Latvian tennis player Alona Ostapenko's opponent in the semifinals of the Wuhan "WTA 1000" tournament will be Soneja Kartala from Great Britain.
Sonay Kartal +83 in Live WTA Rankings as she surges past Emma Raducanu with third big win in Wuhan
Sonay Kartal will return to the top 100 of the WTA Rankings after she continued her brilliant run at the Wuhan Open with an upset win over Elina Svitolina in the quarter-final.
·United Kingdom
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