Sonay Kartal feared she would not play again in 2024 because of a health issue. Now she is celebrating the best season of her life.
The year began with the 22-year-old Briton fearing she would not play again this season because of a health scare that left her going "in and out of hospital".A fortnight ago she won her maiden WTA Tour title in Monastir, cracking the world's top 100 for the first time on the back of it.
The new British number four did not wish to divulge the nature of the issue but was happy to discuss how coming through it has provided a new perspective and appreciation in her life."You don't really appreciate the feeling of being healthy until you're in that position of being in control of it.Kartal was given the all clear to restart her career and, in her second tournament back, added another ITF title to the collection in Nottingham.
During Kartal's Wimbledon run, footage of her and Emma Raducanu playing against each other as 11-year-olds resurfaced. Kartal, who grew up in Brighton and has Turkish heritage through her Istanbul-born father, has needed to bide her time.
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