{"id":18173,"date":"2025-08-08T20:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/cincinnati-open-sonay-kartal-suffers-first-round-loss-as-britons-struggle\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T20:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:38:35","slug":"cincinnati-open-sonay-kartal-suffers-first-round-loss-as-britons-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/cincinnati-open-sonay-kartal-suffers-first-round-loss-as-britons-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Open: Sonay Kartal suffers first-round loss as Britons struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Britain’s Sonay Kartal suffered a first-round defeat to Caroline Garcia at the Cincinnati Open.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 23-year-old was beaten 7-5 4-6 3-6 by her French opponent, who won the 2022 tournament. <\/p>\n

Garcia, the former world number four, will now face Karolina Muchova after the 31-year-old’s first victory since 19 March, having announced in May, external<\/span><\/a> she would retire later this year. <\/p>\n

Kartal’s loss followed first-round exits for fellow Britons Katie Boulter and Jacob Fearnley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boulter, 29, was beaten 6-0 7-5 by Serbia’s Olga Danilovic, who will now face Emma Raducanu – who recently dethroned Boulter as British women’s number one – in the second round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n