The Aporia · Fit-again Kartal takes top-50 scalp with Wuhan win

Sonay Kartal, ranked 170th, won against Anhelina Kalinina, who is 48th, at the Wuhan Open in straight sets, advancing to round two with a match lasting one hour and 31 minutes. Kartal, British number five, has been recovering from a back injury and recently showed strong form by reaching the third round of the Beijing Open. Her next opponent will be ninth-seeded Belinda Bencic from Switzerland. Zheng Qinwen, the recent China Open winner, withdrew from Wuhan due to fatigue after an intense series of matches.

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Sonay Kartal, a British tennis player ranked 170th globally, defeated Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine in straight sets at the Wuhan Open. This victory follows her recent third-round appearance at the Beijing Open, where she had been out of competitive play for six months due to a stress fracture in her back. Kartal won 7-5, 6-3 against Kalinina, who is ranked 48th globally, over an hour and 31 minutes. Her next opponent will be Swiss player Belinda Bencic, the ninth seed at Wuhan Open. Kartal's recent return to competitive play also includes a narrow loss in the Billie Jean King Cup team event against Czech player Marie Bouzkova, who is ranked 26th globally. Zheng Qinwen, a Chinese player and home favorite at the Wuhan Open, withdrew from the tournament.

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Sonay Kartal continued her impressive form since returning from injury by beating Anhelina Kalinina in straight sets to reach round two of the Wuhan Open. The British number five reached the third round at the Beijing Open earlier this month in her first WTA tournament for six months, having been sidelined with a stress fracture in her back. The 24-year-old followed that up by defeating Ukraine's Kalinina 7-5 6-3 in an hour and 31 minutes.

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🔮 World number 170 Kartal will face Swiss ninth seed Belinda Bencic in her next match.

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Fit-again Kartal takes top-50 scalp with Wuhan win · assertive framing

Sonay Kartal continued her impressive form since returning from injury by beating Anhelina Kalinina in straight sets to reach round two of the Wuhan Open. The British number five reached the third round at the Beijing Open earlier this month in her first WTA tournament for six months, having been sidelined with a stress fracture in her back. The 24-year-old followed that up by defeating Ukraine's Kalinina 7-5 6-3 in an hour and 31 minutes. asserted

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World number 170 Kartal will face Swiss ninth seed Belinda Bencic in her next match. asserted

Kartal → face → match

Kartal returned to action last month for Great Britain at the Billie Jean King Cup team event, where she narrowly lost to Czech Marie Bouzkova, who sat 26th in the world rankings. asserted

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Wins over Spain's Andrea Lazaro Garcia and Wang Xinyu followed for Kartal in Beijing, before she lost to Armenia's Alina Charaeva. asserted

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Against world number 48 Kalinina, Kartal served four aces and won 23 of 30 points when landing her first serve. asserted

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She sealed her spot in the last-32 stage at the third time of asking after Kalanina saved two match points. asserted

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Zheng Qinwen withdrew from her home tournament in Wuhan after becoming the first Chinese player to win the China Open. asserted

Qinwen → withdraw → Open

In a statement, Zheng said she would not be competing because her "body is feeling very fatigued" after "an intense run of matches". asserted

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Zheng underwent elbow surgery last year and had struggled with form and fitness over the past 12 months, before a recent upturn led to her triumph in Beijing. asserted

upturn → undergo → Beijing

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