Impressive Kartal reaches Wimbledon third round

Sonay Kartal continued her impressive form at Wimbledon by becoming the first British player to reach round three this year with a dominant victory over Viktoriya Tomova.

After two days of blistering heat the start to Wednesday's play was delayed by more than two hours because of rain in the morning.

But once the action did begin British number three Kartal followed up her impressive first-round win against 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko by quickly despatching of Tomova 6-2 6-2.

It is the second year in a row Kartal has reached the third round at Wimbledon.

"I felt good in the warm-up and on court I felt good. I was seeing it and hitting it very clean. It was one of those good days in the office," Kartal said.

"I wanted to back up the run I had last year. I wanted to show that I am at this level now and I can consistently play.

"The last couple of months I have thrown myself on the scene. This year I made a conscious effort to only play the bigger matches. I am feeling much more confidence in my game."

After getting the first break of serve in the sixth game of the opening set Kartal really got into her stride, hitting some impressive winners that her opponent struggled to cope with before breaking again at 5-2 up to take the first set.

It did not get any better for Tomova in the second set as Kartal won the first four games to asset her dominance.

Tomova managed to break Kartal's serve in the fifth game but it only delayed the Briton's march to an excellent win.

Next up for Kartal is a match against world number 15 Diana Shnaider or qualifier Diane Parry.