Sonay Kartal’s run at Wimbledon has come to an end after she was defeated in straight sets by the US Open champion Coco Gauff in the third round of the Ladies Singles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. The match, played on No.1 Court on Friday, 5 July, took just over an hour to complete, ending […]
A British tennis player of Turkish descent is through to the third round of the Ladies Singles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Sonay Kartal, who was ranked 298 for these Championships, beat France’s Clara Burel, who is ranked 42nd in the world, in the second round. The match, played on No. 3 Court on Wednesday, […]
Three of Turkey’s highest ranking tennis players are competing in the qualifiers for a place in this year’s 2021 Australian Open in Melbourne, which starts on 8 February. Top female seeds Çağla Büyükakçay and Pemra Özgen are playing in the women’s qualifiers in Dubai, while Turkish men’s no.1 Cem İlkel will be on court in […]
Yanki Erel, a young tennis player from Turkey, has made history by not only becoming the first Turk to appear in a Wimbledon final, but also the first to win a Grand Slam title after he and his Finnish partner Otto Virtanen won the Wimbledon Boys’ Doubles trophy this afternoon. The unseeded pair beat the […]
Yanki Erel has made history by becoming the first Turkish tennis player to make it to a Wimbledon final. Erel, 17, and his Finnish doubles partner Otto Virtanen won their semi-final match against British pair J. Story and H. Wendelken on Saturday evening to book their place in the final of the Wimbledon Boys […]
Teenager Yanki Erel has put aside disappointment of losing his first round Juniors match in Wimbledon to progress to the semi-finals of the Boys Doubles. 17-year-old Erel from Turkey and his Finnish doubles partner Otto Virtanen beat the fancied French pair Hugo Gaston and Clement Tabur in straight sets this afternoon. On Monday, Erel had […]
This year marks the fifth year in a row I have been lucky enough to visit the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in SW19. And while you may think it gets old, Wimbledon is always full of surprises. 2018 has proved this yet again, with top women’s seeds tumbling and the return of the legend that is […]
Turkey’s leading female tennis player Çağla Büyükakçay has been drawn in the fourth quarter of the Women’s Singles draw at this year’s Australian Open in Melbourne. Büyükakçay, ranked 86th, will play France’s Oceane Dodin, ranked 72nd, in the first round-match on Tuesday 17th January at midnight UK time. It’s the first time the 27-year-old has […]
A female Turkish tennis player entered the history books today after beating Danka Kovinic from Montenegro in the final of the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup. Coming from a set down, Çağla Büyükakçay beat her opponent 2.1 (3-6, 6-2, and 6-3) in front of her home crowd at the Garanti Koza Arena in Istanbul. Her […]
