6 h. ago Sonay Kartal response speaks volumes after being left 'in a dark place'

Sonay Kartal may have suffered elimination from the China Open but the British tennis star displayed her tenacity after admitting she was "helpless" following her US Open exit

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13 h. ago Sonay Kartal’s breakthrough China Open run halted by stellar Noskova

Briton overwhelmed 6-3, 6-4 by the Czech world No 27Kartal leapfrogs Boulter as GB No 2 after tournamentSonay Kartal’s impressive breakthrough run in Beijing came to a difficult end as she was overpowered by Linda Noskova, who eviscerated every last ball and played a stellar match to reach the semi-final of the China Open with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win.The defeat ends the most significant tournament of Kartal’s career to date as the 23-year-old Briton showed, with a series of excellent performances in one of the biggest events in the world, that she has the game to trouble the best players in the world, reaching her first WTA 1000 quarter-final with a superb three-set win over Mirra Andreeva, ranked No 5, for her first victory against a top-10 player. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Emma Raducanu caught in social media crossfire after Sonay Kartal career

Sonay Kartal beat Mirra Andreeva at the China Open and Emma Raducanu found herself in the social media spotlight

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55 h. ago Sonay Kartal pulls off biggest win of career to stun world No 5 Mirra Andreeva

Victory in Beijing sees Briton reach quarter-finals Jannik Sinner clinches his third title of 2025Sonay Kartal put together the best performance of her burgeoning career to outlast the world No 5 Mirra Andreeva across three gruelling sets, winning 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 after two hours and 25 minutes to reach her first WTA 1000 quarter-final at the China Open.The victory in Beijing marks Kartal’s first defeat of a top 10 opponent, a statement result as she rises up the rankings. Standing at just 5ft 4in (163cm) in a sport dominated by strong, imposing athletes, one of the most common questions surrounding Kartal’s career has been whether her game is too underpowered to trouble the elite. The Briton’s efforts on Wednesday provided a convincing answer to those questions. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Sonay Kartal claims biggest career win by beating Mirra Andreeva at China Open

The British star is through to the last eight at a WTA 1000 event for the first time.

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4 d. ago Hungry Bob MacIntyre revels in Ryder Cup glory and lays out vision for ending 27 year wait for glory

And now he says there’s just one box left to tick in his career and that's to win a Major

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6 d. ago Emma Raducanu claims first victory in China to ease into third round

The British number one claimed a 6-3 6-3 win, while Sonay Kartal knocked out 14th seed Daria Kasatkina.

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9 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Thursday's four meetings, including Newcastle nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Stand Strong, to score a second career win at Newcastle (6.00) and he expects Palladium to win again at Newmarket (4.10)

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1 week ago ‘I’m starting to get jealous’: Shane Lowry on McIlroy, ambition and the Ryder Cup

Irishman does not fear the New York crowd and wants to avenge heavy loss the last time the match was in the USRory McIlroy nudged Shane Lowry at a recent European Ryder Cup team gathering as footage of the 2006 football World Cup final was shown. “‘We watched that match together,’” Lowry says McIlroy reminded him. “I was like, ‘What?’ He said, ‘Yeah, European Youths’ Team Championships. Sotogrande.’ From that to sitting at a Ryder Cup dinner, 19 years later is pretty cool.” Next stop, Bethpage.Lowry has told his close friend that he envies him, in the nicest possible sense. The 38-year-old looked on with smiles, but green eyes, as McIlroy claimed the Masters – completing a career grand slam – and produced heroics to win a second Irish Open this month. “I said to him the other day, I am starting to get really jealous,” says Lowry. “I also said to him that I hope Irish people realise how lucky they are to have Rory at that level, coming back to play the Irish Open every year. Continue...

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1 week ago W&M Football Defeats Charleston Southern, London Earns 100th Career Win

W&M Football Defeats Charleston Southern, London Earns 100th Career Win  Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

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1 week ago Great Britain miss out on Billie Jean King Cup final to USA but still take positives from defeat

Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter were both in with a shot of victory

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1 week ago Katie Boulter draws positives from Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup semi

Keothavong’s team suffer 2-0 defeat by United States‘I feel like my motivation’s back and it’s there every day’Great Britain’s wait to get their hands on the Billie Jean King Cup will continue after they exited the tournament with a semi-final loss to the United States.Sonay Kartal was first to step on court in Shenzhen, China, facing Emma Navarro and going a set up early on with a 6-3 success, but losing the next two sets 6-4, 6-3 to leave Great Britain 1-0 down. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Plenty for Great Britain to be positive about despite BJK Cup loss to the USA

Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter were both in with a shot of victory.

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2 w. ago Billie Jean King Cup: Great Britain not overawed by United States semi

Anne Keothavong’s side are looking to reach a first final since 1981.

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2 w. ago Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal star to set up Great Britain clash with USA

Kartal and Boulter won in straight-sets to book a semi-final against the USA

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2 w. ago Billie Jean King Cup: Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter win as Great Britain set up semi

Britain beat Japan after winning both singles in straight sets in their quarter-final

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2 w. ago Cryptocoins, official merch and Elon Musk: How Tommy Robinson pulled off his biggest march yet

What started as a promise for a ‘free speech festival’ with speakers from around the globe ended with dozens of police injured in violent clashes with protesters at what is thought to be the largest nationalist event in decades. But just how did Tommy Robinson pull it off? Holly Bancroft reports

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2 w. ago From shocking short stories to a talking foetus: Ian McEwan’s 10 best books – ranked!

As the author’s future-set novel, What We Can Know, hits shelves, we assesses his top 10 works – from chilling short stories to Booker prize-winning satireTwo old friends, composer Clive Linley and newspaper editor Vernon Halliday, meet at the funeral of charismatic Molly Lane, a former lover of both men (along with many other successful men of the time). This sharp 90s satire – the Conservatives have been in power for 17 years – has the misfortune of being McEwan’s only novel to win the Booker prize in his 50-year career, despite being widely considered one of his slightest. But it fizzes along like the champagne that is part of the euthanasia pact hatched by the two men in a plot that even the author conceded was “rather improbable”. New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani was right when she concluded that it was testament to the author’s skill that he had managed “to toss off a minor entertainment with such authority and aplomb” to win the gong he had so long d...

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2 w. ago Alex Noren stuns Ryder Cup stars to seal ‘emotional’ BMW PGA Championship win

Noren bested Adrien Saddier in a play-off to win the Wentworth tournament for the second time in his career

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2 w. ago From Shearer to Pogba: how 10 British record signings fared in the Premier League

With £125m Alexander Isak’s Liverpool debut near, we look back at five record-breakers that flew – and five who floppedSouthampton to Blackburn, £3.6mShearer’s move to Blackburn was a pivotal moment in the Premier League’s inaugural season, backed by the ambition of their new owner Jack Walker. After an injury-hit first campaign where he scored 16 goals, Shearer exploded in the 1993-94 season with 31 goals from 40 games. The following season, he formed a formidable strike partnership with Chris Sutton and his 34 goals were crucial to Blackburn’s title win, the only major honour of his career. He broke the British and world-record fee again in 1996 after his £15m move to Newcastle. Continue reading...

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