{"id":182585,"date":"2025-10-01T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/182585\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:10:08","slug":"great-britains-sonay-kartal-beats-world-no-5-mirra-andreeva-in-china-open-for-biggest-victory-of-her-career-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/182585\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Britain’s Sonay Kartal beats world No 5 Mirra Andreeva in China Open for biggest victory of her career | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great Britain’s Sonay Kartal recorded the biggest win of her career with a three-set victory over world No 5 Mirra Andreeva in the last 16 of the China Open.<\/p>\n

Kartal’s 7-5 2-6 7-5 success in Beijing – her first over a top-10 player – took her into the quarter-finals of a WTA 1000 event for the first time and she will now face 26th seed Linda Noskova.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old had not dropped a set across her first three matches in China, sweeping aside Alycia Parks, 14th seed Daria Kasatkina and Maya Joint.<\/p>\n

\"Mirra<\/p>\n

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\n Andreeva was hoping to secure a third WTA 1000 title after back-to-back wins in Dubai and Indian Wells this year<\/p>\n

Kartal recovered from losing the second set against Andreeva, sealing victory with her second match point as her opponent – who won back-to-back 1000 events in Dubai and Indian Wells earlier this year – fired wide.<\/p>\n

Kartal has now risen above Katie Boulter in the WTA live rankings, taking her to British No 2, behind Emma Raducanu.<\/p>\n

The Brit said: “I knew today was going to be far from easy.<\/p>\n

“She’s a top-10 player for a very good reason and she made me play my best tennis today, so credit to her.<\/p>\n

“I’m super happy with the level I managed to dig out in the end. I just tried to put that second set behind me.<\/p>\n

“She played some great tennis so I just tried to level it out in the third set and keep the scoreboard pressure as high as I could.”<\/p>\n

\"Sonay<\/p>\n

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\n Kartal will play 26th seed Linda Noskova in the China Open quarter-finals<\/p>\n

Kartal has enjoyed a strong season on the WTA Tour, making the last 16 at Wimbledon and Indian Wells, while she reached a career-high ranking of No 44 in July.<\/p>\n

She added: “I think the way I carry myself on the court is one of my biggest assets. You could look down the other end at me and you wouldn’t really know if I’m winning or losing.”<\/p>\n

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