Sonay Kartal’s eye-catching run at Indian Wells was dropped at an abrupt halt by Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday because the world No. 1 claimed a commanding 6-1, 6-2 victory.
The Brit entered the principle draw as a “fortunate loser” however made all of it the way in which to the fourth spherical in California, beating Sixteenth-seed Beatriz Haddad Maia alongside the way in which.
For a short second, it appeared as if Kartal might trigger one other beautiful upset as she broke the three-time Grand Slam winner within the first sport. The early setback led to Sabalenka receiving a swift code violation as she was reprimanded for an audible obscenity.
However Sabalenka shortly regrouped to blow Kartal away. The Brit had no reply for the standard on present from her opponent throughout the court docket as Sabalenka received all six of the next video games to take a set lead.
Sabalenka refused to let up within the second set, forcing Kartal to dash across the court docket in a useless try to face up to the barrage.
Kartal did present some enchancment in taking two video games off Sabalenka on serve, however her defiance solely delayed the inevitable because the event’s high seed wrapped up victory in somewhat over an hour.
The hard-hitting Belarusian, who helped repair a small problem with the web within the first set, will face both Liudmila Samsonova or Jasmine Paolini within the quarterfinals.