sonay kartal
The gist
Sonay Kartal beat Belinda Bencic 6-0, 7-5 at the Wuhan Open to reach the third round.
The win over the No. 12 is her sixth career top-20 scalp.
How it unfolded
- Oct 12, 2026Kartal beat Anhelina Kalinina 7-5, 6-3 in the first round, coming back from a double breakdown in the first set.
- Oct 14, 2026Kartal defeated Belinda Bencic 6-0, 7-5 in 1 hour 38 minutes, overcoming a 158-place ranking gap and going 12-for-12 on first-serve points before taking the opener in 27 minutes.
- Oct 14, 2026Kartal is projected to climb roughly 40 spots from No. 170 and will face 15th seed Jasmine Paolini in the round of 16.