{"id":466662,"date":"2026-03-09T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/466662\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:52:08","slug":"tennis-wta-indian-wells-2026-sonay-kartal-takes-on-madison-keys-as-she-looks-to-equal-last-years-run-to-the-fourth-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/466662\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis | WTA Indian Wells 2026 | Sonay Kartal takes on Madison Keys as she looks to equal last year\u2019s run to the fourth round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Ros SatarSonay Kartal v Madison Keys [15]H2H: Keys leads 1-0INDIAN WELLS, USA \u2013 Sonay Kartal takes on Madison Keys as she bids to reach the fourth round for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sonay Kartal v Madison Keys [15] | H2H &amp; Match FundamentalsSonay Kartal v Madison Keys [15]|H2H: Keys leads 1-0WTA Indian WellsQatarHard (O)Prize Money: $61,865First night match on Stadium 2, not before 6pm (1am GMT, Tuesday)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtv.com\/watch-sky-sports-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sky\/Now TV<\/a> &lt;- Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britwatchsports.com\/sonay-kartal-gbr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sonay Kartal<\/a> seems to have regained a bit of form as she picks up back to back wins in the desert, for the first time since reaching the Abu Dhabu quarter-final. She faces\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/wplayer.cgi?p=MadisonKeys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Keys<\/a> in a night match.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tale of the Tape \u2013 Key Stats (Hard Courts \u2013 2026)H2H:Sonay Kartal (WR 54)Madison Keys (WR 15)Tournament Previous BestR16 (2025)SF (2025)1st Serve Return Points Won %37.940.5Return Points Won %44.945.3Break Point Conversion %50.451.9Break Points Saved %52.359.2Overall Service Points Won %61.558.5<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly Keys bests Kartal on all but one stat, and as such the former Australian Open champion comes in as the favourite, in front of a home night crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectedclubs.co.uk\/?wpam_id=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Playing Styles &amp; Prediction<\/p>\n<p>The big-striking Keys will want to avoid the need to save as many break-points as she did in her opener, having taken a long break since being bounced out of her title defence in the fourth round in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Kartal, by contrast, saved a match-point and really turned up the pressure in the final set tie-breal to book her sport.<\/p>\n<p>Kartal will have to be at her best in terms of the variety she can bring to the court. Keys will look to dominate with first-strike tennis. Kartal might not have the weapons to out-power the American, so she will need to throw in all her tricks.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Keys in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch\/Follow WTA Indian Wells<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ros SatarSonay Kartal v Madison Keys [15]H2H: Keys leads 1-0INDIAN WELLS, USA \u2013 Sonay Kartal takes on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[18456,9435,101,118,56,54,55,163968],"class_list":{"0":"post-466662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-madison-keys","9":"tag-sonay-kartal","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-wta-indian-wells"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}