Impressive Kartal reaches Wimbledon third round

Sonay Kartal’s dominant victory over Viktoriya Tomova set her precedent for the first British player to advance to round three this year.

Due to rain in the morning, Wednesday’s play was delayed by more than two hours due to blistering heat for two days.

However, British number three Kartal immediately despatched Tomova with a 6-2, 6-2 victory following her impressive first-round victory over 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko.

Kartal has advanced to the third round of Wimbledon for the second year in a row.

“I wanted to recoup the run I did last year. I wanted to demonstrate that I can play consistently at this level right now.

“I have been putting myself on the spot for the past few months. I made a conscious effort to only play bigger games this year. I have a lot more confidence in my game now.

Kartal really took off in the sixth game of the opening set, breaking again at 5-2 up to take the first set after breaking her first break of serve.

Tomova struggled to recover in the second set after Kartal’s first four games, which she had won.

In the fifth game, Tomova was able to break Kartal’s serve, but it only served to halt the Briton’s excellent winning run.