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BBC News
13 hours ago
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Briton Kartal wins at Queen's at first tournament in 52 years
Britain's Sonay Kartal secured the biggest win of her career as women's tennis returned to Queen's Club for the first time since 23-year-old secured a superb 6-1 3-6 6-3 win over world number 16 Daria Kasatkina of Australia to start her grass-court season on a is the first time a women's tournament has been held at the iconic venue since 1973, when Olga Morozova lifted the has been a mainstay on the men's calendar and a WTA 500 event has been added this year in an attempt to raise the profile of the women's game and increase the visibility of the Sunday, the trophy will finally have a new name on it, with world number seven Zheng Qinwen, Australian Open champion Madison Keys and 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina among the top seeds competing in the capital. Jodie Burrage will attempt to set up a meeting with doubles partner Kartal in the last 16 when she faces Amanda Anisimova later on British pair Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu overcame China's Jiang Zinyu and Wu 6-4 6-2 Fang-hsien on their maiden outing as a doubles partnership on a packed Court could be an all-British affair in the quarter-finals should Britons Burrage and Kartal overcome top seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Erin Routliffe on Tuesday. Kartal has enjoyed a remarkable rise in the past 12 months, moving from outside the top 250 to a career-high of 50 in the on by a packed partisan crowd, Kartal dominated the opening set against Kasatkina before the Australian bounced back in the second set to level it was an impressive response from the Briton, who beamed after slamming down a forehand winner to seal victory."The nerves hit me a little but to be able to play on this court with you guys cheering me on it was a super special moment," said Kartal."The last few months I've played bigger tournaments so I'm handling the bigger occasions better. "But I'm going at my own pace in this crazy sport."
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Watch historic women's Queen's tournament on BBC
Queen's will host a women's tennis tournament for the first time in over 50 years - and you can watch live on the Morozova was the champion when the iconic venue last hosted a women's tournament in a WTA 500 event, the tournament takes place at Queen's Club from 9-15 June, with the men's draw following the week will be coverage across BBC platforms as Britain's Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu begin their Wimbledon will also be live coverage of ATP and WTA events in Nottingham and Eastbourne, respectively, plus Wimbledon qualifying, before the grass-court Grand Slam begins on 30 June. Who is playing? British number one Boulter and 2021 US Open champion Raducanu will feature in the main Sonay Kartal, Jodie Burrage and Francesca Jones have also accepted wildcards into the champion and world number seven Zheng Qinwen is the highest-ranked player to appear in the singles top-10 players Emma Navarro and reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys are also set to Krejcikova will begin her preparations for her Wimbledon title defence at Queen's Club alongside fellow former SW19 champions Elena Rybakina and Petra Pegula, the 2024 US Open runner-up, and four-time major winner Naomi Osaka withdrew, external before the tournament started. BBC coverage There will be live coverage on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app and the Red Button every day from 12:00 BST until play tennis correspondent Russell Fuller will provide regular updates, with live radio commentary of the women's final on 15 June on BBC 5 is also coverage on BBC One and BBC Two, alongside select live text commentaries on the website and 9 June: 13:00-16:45, BBC TwoTuesday, 10 June: 13:00-18:00, BBC TwoWednesday, 11 June: 14:00-15:00 BBC One; 15:00-18:00 BBC TwoThursday, 12 June: 13:00-18:00, BBC TwoFriday, 13 June: 13:00-18:00, BBC TwoSaturday, 14 June: 13:25-16:00, BBC OneSunday, 15 June: 13:15-15:40, BBC One
