Sonay Kartal disappointed with performance during Australian Open debut defeat Sonay Kartal was disappointed with her performance on her Australian Open debut as she fell in the opening round to Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
“I’m obviously disappointed with the result, pretty disappointed with the performance as well,” said Kartal, who missed out on a second-round date with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.
The British number three won only one of the first 10 games – following a long rain delay – but mounted a comeback and was close to forcing a deciding set before losing out 6-1 7-6 (5).
And I think that, if I’d have got one or two extra points, I think I could have easily gone into a third set.”.
After a more than three-hour wait, the players then faced a further delay while officials with towels tried to stop water coming up through small holes on the court.
