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Kartal Wins on WTA Return After Injury Layoff
Britain’s Sonay Kartal has made a strong return to tennis after a six-month absence with a back injury, beating Andrea Lazaro Garcia and then China’s Wang Xinyu at the China Open. The wins put her into the last 16 as she looks to rebuild her ranking after falling to No. 129.
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About Sonay Kartal
Sonay Kartal is a British professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 44 in singles, achieved on 14 July 2025, and No. 171 in doubles, achieved on 5 January 2026. Kartal has won one WTA Tour title and 14 ITF titles, all in singles. She is the current British No. 3 women's singles player.
Everything about Sonay Kartal →- Occupation
- tennis player
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- October 28, 2001