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10/16 02:40 CDT Elina Svitolina loses to resurgent British player Sonay Kartal
at the Wuhan Open
Elina Svitolina loses to resurgent British player Sonay Kartal at the Wuhan Open
WUHAN, China (AP) --- Fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina is out of the Wuhan Open
after losing 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to resurgent British player Sonay Kartal in the
quarterfinals Friday.
The No. 170-ranked old Kartal, who missed more than six months with a stress
fracture in her back, has won six of her eight matches since returning to the
elite tour. She beat two-time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine Paolini to reach the
quarterfinals in Wuhan after defeating ninth-seeded Belinda Bencic, the Tokyo
Olympics gold medalist, in the second round.
Kartal, who broke Svitolina's serve in the last game to clinch the match,
reached a career-high No. 44 ranking in July of last year. Svitolina lost in
the quarterfinals at the China Open last week to eventual champion Zheng Qinwen.
Kartal advanced to a semifinal against 2017 French Open champion Jelena
Ostapenko, who beat 11th-seeded Diana Shnaider 7-6 (6), 6-1.
Seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek was scheduled to play a quarterfinal later Friday
against American Ann Li, who upset top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in the second
round.
The winner of that match will face either Maria Sakkari or Maja Chwalinska in
the semifinals.
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