who beat compatriot Mimi Xu<\/a> – Cameron Norrie, Arthur Fery, Oliver Tarvet and Billy Harris.<\/p>\n“It’s incredible with so many Brits in the draw,” Raducanu, 22, said.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s great for the spectators, too, to have so many Brits to follow in the draw. As we win matches, it’s more and more exciting.”<\/p>\n
Boulter, who will face Argentine lucky loser Solana Sierra next, said: “Centre Court Wimbledon, as a Brit, against a top-10 player, for me doesn’t get that much better.<\/p>\n
“It is one of the reasons why I do play tennis, to win matches like that, and to have a go at the best in the world. <\/p>\n
“I do feel like it is one of the best [wins] for sure in my career.”<\/p>\n
On a sweltering day at SW19, Kartal toppled the former French Open champion 7-5 2-6 6-2 to book her place in the second round.<\/p>\n
Kartal, 23, was one of 10 British women in action at the All England Club – the most since 1992.<\/p>\n
She had to come from behind to win the opening set on a lively court three.<\/p>\n
But a dominant deciding set secured her progression to round two for the second time in her career, following a breakout tournament at last year’s Wimbledon where she reached the third round.<\/p>\n
“That was by far one of the toughest matches I’ve played,” she said after the win, her third over a top-20 player this year.<\/p>\n
“I would say I struggle against the big hitters. I’ve made a conscious effort this year to play the bigger matches and put myself under the most pressure out on court. <\/p>\n
“I knew I wouldn’t get the results straight away but that it would eventually pay off, and that’s what happened today.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal both produced impressive victories at either end of a record-breaking day for British…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-227851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114774981178348403","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}