British tennis star Sonay Kartel has enjoyed a brilliant 2025 season and now has Emma Raducanu in her sights

Tennis star Sonay Kartal has shared her admiration for British No.1 Emma Raducanu as she looks to rise up the WTA rankings. Kartal has just finished the best season of her career - ending 2025 in the top 100.

The Briton reached her maiden WTA 1000 quarter-final after beating world No.5 Mirra Andreeva en-route at the China Open in October. The 24-year-old went on to lose out to runner-up Linda Noskova in straight sets.

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Kartal is the current British women's No.2 as she continues to rise up the rankings. The London-born star featured in a well-known video from 2011 at the British National Tennis Centre, which showed a young Kartal winning

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