Britain's Sonay Kartal saw her excellent run at the China Open come to an end as she was beaten by Linda Noskova in the quarter-finals in Beijing.

Kartal suffered a 6-3 6-4 loss to her Czech opponent after reaching the final eight of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career.

The 23-year-old, who reached the second week of Wimbledon earlier this summer, had beaten teenage rising star Mirra Andreeva in the biggest victory of her career in the previous round.

Noskova set her marker early as she broke Kartal in the opening game of the match before building a 3-1 lead after a comfortable love hold.

Momentum threatened to shift when Kartal brought up three break points at 40-0, earning a fourth thanks to a double fault before eventually converting to break and level things up at 3-3

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