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Sonay Kartal continues her winning run by beating Jelena Ostapenko to reach Wuhan Open final · Best of: Features

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  Kartal continued her winning run by beating Ostapenko to reach Wuhan Open
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  final against Kwalinska. This article is being read by an automated voice
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  generated by Everlett. Wuhan, China, the AP. British player Sonnet Cartal
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  continued her fine run by beating former French Open champion, Jelena Ostepenko
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  seven six, seven six five, to reach the Wuhan Open Final on
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  Saturday. Kartal's victory over the twenty seventeen Roland Garros winner added to
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  previous big wins over Elena Svitolina and two-a-time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine
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  Paolini. That was probably one of the toughest matches I've ever played,
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  Kartal said after beating the Latvian. At times she is unplayable, and
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  you have to ride that wave. Mentally, this is one of the
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  best performances of my career. She faces another Grand Slam finalist in
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  the final after French open runner-up Maja Kwalinska beat six time major
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  winner IGA Suatek seven five six one in all Polish semifinal. The
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  number seven seeded Swiatek mixed thirty seven winners with thirty three unforced
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  errors, while sixteen seeded Chwalinska had only nineteen winners, but made just
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  seven unforced errors. Kolinska, who reached the French Open Final as a
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  qualifier, will aim for a first career title against the No. One
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  hundred seventy ranked Kartal. She is bidding for her second career title.
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  The twenty four year old Kartal, who has a career high ranking
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  of forty four in one singles title, missed more than six months
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  with a stress fracture in her back earlier this year. Swiatech is
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  looking to gain ground in the race to the WTA Finals rankings
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  ahead of the season ending event next month in Indian Wells. The
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  former number one ranked Suetec is tenth in the race with the
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  top eight qualifying. Svitolina secured the seventh spot on Saturday, leaving one
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  place remaining. The Ukrainian won it in 2018 without losing a match.
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