Sonay Kartal

British tennis player

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I trusted that I would be able to get my level back, I just didn’t know how quickly. I did a lot of things right today but I still think there’s a long way to go.... I can produce the level, but can I sustain it — I think that’s going to be the hardest challenge. I’m happy to be back, I’m feeling good.”
I’ve been at college a lot of the time but I’ve always followed everything she’s done,
Today it was unfortunately one match too many. A super tough opponent, so you need to be at your best. I was far from that but still managed to make it competitive.”
At times in this match I was in discomfort with my back, so it’s a match like today which shows the fighter in me,
Obviously, very disappointed, I think, for me, it was not my finest at all, even my base level was not really there today, which is something I kind of rely on, no matter what level I bring, I feel like my base level is always pretty consistent,
There’s loads of positives. If you can get through a tough two-and-a-half-hour, three-set match at the start of the year, you know you’ve had a good pre-season and that the body’s feeling good. Extra court time at the beginning of the year isn’t a bad thing either,

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