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Sonay Kartal’s defeat in an all-British tie put Katie Boulter in a strong position to clinch her third straight Nottingham Open title.

After falling behind in the decisive set, Boulter regrouped and won 6-4,1-6,5-7, making it to the quarter-finals.

Boulter, the eighth seed, called the doctor after the match because of the hot weather.

The 28-year-old said, “I am definitely proper British because I can’t handle the heat at all.”

“I’m glad I crossed the line,” I said.

After winning her first WTA Tour title in Nottingham two years ago, Boulter is now winning 12 games there.

McCartney Kessler will now face the Englishwoman to join the other four places.

When I enter this court, I feel as though I’m entering my home. Boulter remarked, “I have such positive vibes here.”

Before the match, world number 39 Boulter stated that she anticipated Kartal, who is currently 11 places in the top 10, to eventually surpass her.

Before serving the opening set, Boulter broke Kartal for a 5-4 lead before reeling off five games in a row to take the second place.

In the third set, Boulter quickly found herself in danger, and Kartal had a 5-2 lead at the break.

However, Boulter rallied, holding the serve first, then breaking as Kartal served to make a tie-break, and finally breaking again.

Sonay is a tough competitor, Boulter said, and “I have a lot of respect for her.”

After a video that appeared to show him repeatedly whipping a horse, the FEI, the world’s governing body for equestrian sport, has launched an investigation into Australian Olympian Heath Ryan.

Equestrian Australia suspended Ryan last week following a video that claimed to show a man punching a horse about 40 times.

The 66-year-old was temporarily suspended after the video broke out that claimed he was acting “in the horse’s best interest.”

However, the FEI claims to have opened an investigation “in response to allegations of horse abuse reported to the FEI and Equestrian Australia, as well as the posting of a video on social media showing abusive training methods.”

The scenes are incredibly disturbing and conflict wildly with FEI horse welfare’s core values, according to FEI secretary general Sabrina Ibanez.

Equestrian Australia’s CEO, Sam Jones, stated: “FEI’s leadership in this matter is both appropriate and welcome.”

Equestrian Australia is “deeply concerned” about the incident and allegations, and we will continue to support the FEI.

We are aware that our community is eager for answers, but we would appreciate your patience because the FEI adheres to their policies and procedures by conducting a thorough and just process.

Ryan placed seventh overall at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as he competed dressage for Australia.

He claimed that after an accident, a female rider was taken to the hospital and that the horse, named Nico, came to him.

After the video, Nico claimed that he had always been a troubled child and would never stop. He later learned that he had managed to rehome the horse.

Ryan expressed his sadness that this was discovered on camera. I would have just left Nico at the knackery if I had been thinking about myself right away.

I genuinely had to make my best effort to see if Nico would consider other options because that video was a life or death experience for him.

“All of this transpired honestly with the horse’s best interests as the only consideration,” the horse said. Unbelievably, everyone else’s success came with the release of this video.

After a video of her repeatedly striking a horse around its legs with a long whip, Britain’s three-time Olympian champion Charlotte Dujardin, who had been in the video, was forced to miss the Paris Games last year.

Enzo Maresca, Chelsea’s manager, says he hasn’t spoken to Mykhailo Mudryk since the forward was accused of breaking anti-doping laws, but insists the player still has the support of the club.

Following an “adverse finding in a routine urine test,” Ukraine international Mudryk, 24, was proviso-suspensed by the FA in December and is now facing a potential four-year ban.

Mudryk, who previously said he was “complete shock” and had “never knowingly used any banned substances,” last played for Chelsea in November but also took part in the Blues’ private victory in Poland last month.

“I trust all the Chelsea players because Mischa is a player,” Maresca said.

Mischa and I spoke at the Conference League championship game in Poland, but we haven’t spoken since.

I don’t know how he is now because I haven’t spoken to him since that day, but when I spoke to him, he was quite good. I didn’t worry that he was worried or unhappy.

Mudryk is currently on a contract with Chelsea until June 2031, signing him from Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth up to £89 million.

In Chelsea’s 2-0 victory over Los Angeles FC at the Club World Cup, star attacker Cole Palmer donned Mudryk’s number 10 shirt for the first time.

Palmer said he had not spoken to his team-mate yet but that he would do so when the time comes. He did this at the club’s training facility at Subaru Park, where Philadelphia Union plays for the MLS.

When Palmer, 23, inquired as to why he wanted to sport the number 10, he responded that it was an imitation of his footballing idols.

He said, “I wore number 10 all my life and I just like it.”

It’s a timeless song that brings me to Messi and Rooney.

Eden Hazard, a former Chelsea player who wore the number 10, was the subject of a private message Palmer sent to him at Manchester City’s academy, but he was unresponsive.

I have met him several times at the training ground, according to Palmer, who continues to say Hazard hasn’t yet responded to his message. He requested a shirt from one of his sons.

Maresca also stated that he will “rotate three, four, or five players per game,” with the next game being against Flamengo, a giant of Brazil.