Britain’s Sonay Kartal is ready for a brand new career-high rating after reaching her first WTA Tour semi-final.
The 22-year-old beat Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 on the Jasmin Open in Tunisia to arrange a gathering with Germany’s Eva Lys within the final 4.
Kartal was a break down within the opening set earlier than profitable on a tie-break after which took management of the match.
It meant she was in a position to get previous an opponent who had overwhelmed her within the closing spherical of US Open qualifying only a few weeks in the past.
Brighton’s Kartal, the British quantity 4, reached the third spherical of Wimbledon earlier this yr and her run in Monastir means she is going to transfer contained in the world’s high 130.