London, July 4 -- Sonay Kartal underlined her status as a rising star of British tennis when she produced a blistering performance to beat France's Diane Parry and reach the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time today.
After losing the first three games of this match, the 23-year-old turned on the style, winning nine games in a row on her way to a 6-4 6-2 victory.
Kartal was ranked 864th in the world three years ago but arrived at her home Grand Slam positioned just outside the top 50.
And she has certainly caught the eye at Wimbledon, seeing off 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko in the first round and then breezing past Viktoriya Tomova in straight sets.
Her reward for her progress was a third-round match on Court One and, after a slow...