Britain's Kartal reaches first career WTA semi-final

Britain's Sonay Kartal is group for a caller career-high ranking aft reaching her first WTA Tour semi-final.

The 22-year-old hit Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 astatine nan Jasmin Open successful Tunisia to group up a gathering pinch Germany's Eva Lys successful nan past four.

Kartal was a break down successful nan opening group earlier winning connected a tie-break and past took power of nan match.

It meant she was capable to get past an force who had beaten her successful nan last information of US Open qualifying conscionable a fewer weeks ago.

Brighton's Kartal, nan British number four, reached nan 3rd information of Wimbledon earlier this twelvemonth and her tally successful Monastir intends she will move wrong nan world's apical 130.