{"id":799089,"date":"2026-07-13T12:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799089\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:54:13","slug":"zeynep-sonmez-becomes-first-turkish-tennis-player-to-enter-wta-top-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799089\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeynep Sonmez becomes first Turkish tennis player to enter WTA top 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zeynep Sonmez of T\u00fcrkiye in action against Ann Li (not seen) of USA during the Women&#8217;s Singles first round match on day one of The Championships Wimbledon 2026 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 29, 2026 in London, United Kingdom. (AA Photo)<\/p>\n<p>\n                    July 13, 2026 02:15 PM GMT+03:00\n                <\/p>\n<p>Turkish national tennis player Zeynep Sonmez has broken into the top 50 of the Women&#8217;s Tennis Association world rankings, reaching a career-high position of No. 48.<\/p>\n<p>The updated WTA list showed Sonmez moving up three places, marking the best ranking of her professional career.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"newspicture\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1280\/853;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sonmez-rises-to-career-high-no-54-in-wta-rankings-3222474_20260622172602.jpg\" alt=\"Zeynep Sonmez of T\u00fcrkiye reacts during her first-round match against Spain\u2019s Carlota Martinez Cirez at the WTA Mutua Madrid Open in Madrid, Spain, April 22, 2026. (AA Photo)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\"\/><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkiyetoday.com\/s\/i\/i-fotobuyut.svg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Zeynep Sonmez of T\u00fcrkiye reacts during her first-round match against Spain\u2019s Carlota Martinez Cirez at the WTA Mutua Madrid Open in Madrid, Spain, April 22, 2026. (AA Photo)\n                <\/p>\n<p>            Career record lifts Sonmez into new territory<\/p>\n<p>Sonmez, already the highest-ranked Turkish tennis player in the world, strengthened that status by moving up to 48th place.<\/p>\n<p>Her rise also made her the first Turkish tennis player to enter the top 50 in the women&#8217;s world rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The result stands out as a historic moment for Turkish tennis, as Sonmez pushed her career record further and set a new benchmark for players representing T\u00fcrkiye on the WTA tour.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkiyetoday.com\/s\/i\/i-share.svg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>July 13, 2026 02:15 PM GMT+03:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zeynep Sonmez of T\u00fcrkiye in action against Ann Li (not seen) of USA during the Women&#8217;s Singles first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-799089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}