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Britain’s Sonay Kartal continued her impressive comeback from long-term injury with a comfortable win over former Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini to reach the Wuhan Open quarter-finals.
Kartal, 24, missed more than six months with a stress fracture in her back, but has won five of her seven matches since returning to action.
The former world number 44 ruthlessly brushed aside Italian 15th seed Paolini in a 6-2 6-0 victory, further validating Kartal’s patient approach to recovering from the first serious injury of her career.
It was another statement performance from Kartal, backing up her straight-set win over ninth seed Belinda Bencic in the previous round.
“Against someone as good as Jasmine is, I knew I had to be solid from the start and not let up. From my side, it was a pretty flawless performance,” Kartal said.
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