Sonay Kartal underlined her status as a rising star of British tennis when she produced a blistering performance to beat France’s Diane Parry and reach the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time.
After losing the first three games of this match, the 23-year-old turned on the style, winning eight games in a row on her way to a 6-4 6-2 victory.
Kartal was ranked 864th in the world three years ago but arrived at her home Grand Slam positioned just outside the top 50.
And she has certainly caught the eye at Wimbledon, seeing off 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko in the first round and then breezing past Viktoriya Tomova in straight sets.
Her reward for her progress was a third-round match on Court One and, after a slow start, she drew on the energy from the vocal home crowd to simply overpower qualifier Parry with some strong serving and powerful shots.
She will next face world number 50 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who knocked out Naomi Osaka in round three.
More to follow.
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