Sonay Kartal bests Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-6(4) 6-2 in the quarter in Monastir on Friday. Kartal will engage against Eva Lys in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute.
Sonay added to her prize money $ 5,002 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,610 as of now in this event. If she wins the next match, Sonay will add $ 9,220 to her earnings to get in total $ 20,830.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:01
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 85 points vs. Yulia’s 72.
Kartal
Kartal won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 26% (5/19) of the procured opportunities.
Starodubtsewa
On the other side, Starodubtsewa was effective at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Kartal and Starodubtsewa is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Sonay Kartal vs. Eva Lys – stats
Kartal will play Lys in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Sonay Kartal and Eva Lys clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kartal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Kartal won 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in W25 Birmingham back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Kartal had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Yuliia Starodubtseva in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Brit refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Ukrainian in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
Kartal missed the opportunity to break Yulia in the 8th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Kartal converted 14% of her break points (2/14). She had 14 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 7th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 12th (6-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Ukrainian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40).
They played 112 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 2 points more than the Ukrainian (57-55). Sonay surrendered 20 points on serve (25-20). on the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 32 points on serve (35-32).
Kartal had a strong start of this set after breaking Yuliia Starodubtseva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, there was more to do for Sonay to win the set as Yulia succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. Kartal kept her focus to break Yulia in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Brit missed the opportunity to break the Ukrainian in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Brit converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (4-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). In addition on the other side, Yulia converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 45 points. The Brit was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Ukrainian (27-18). Sonay dropped 11 points on serve (16-11). In addition, on the other side, Yulia conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
Tennis Scores in Monastir
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (1-6 7-65 7-5)
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-2 6-1)
- Eva LysLys – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (7-5 6-3)
- Sonay KartalKartal – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (7-64 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Eva LysLys – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
