British number four Kartal reaches first WTA quarter-final

Great Britain's Sonay Kartal hit Japan's Mai Hontama successful consecutive sets astatine nan Jasmin Open successful Tunisia to scope nan first WTA quarter-final of her career.

Kartal, who is nan British number four, cruised retired of nan past 16 pinch a ascendant 6-2 6-2 success.

The 22-year-old from Brighton is classed 46 places beneath Hontama astatine 151 successful nan world.

She took a 3-0 lead successful some sets and closed each retired contempt her force pulling games back.

Beating Hontama intends she will play either number 3rd seed Diane Parri aliases world number 130 Yuliia Starodubtseva successful nan past 8 connected Thursday.

Kartal, who was Emma Raducanu's main home rival arsenic a junior, reached nan 3rd information astatine Wimbledon earlier this twelvemonth earlier falling to 2nd seed Coco Gauff.