Wimbledon 2025 live: Tennis scores and updates with Kartal in deciding set before Alcaraz and Raducanu in action – UK Times

Kartal has been incredible. Ostapenko charges up court and sweeps over a forehand but Kartal responds with an angled backhand which lands inside and takes her to 15-40 ahead!

It’s another break! Ostapenko comes up to the net again and flicks a forehand ovee the back of court.

The No 20 seed has fallen apart here. Kartal has a serve to win the match.

Ostapenko looks for the tricky backhand down the line and forces it well wide.

Kartal has been brilliant from the baseline and doesn’t look troubled at all.

This has been a fine performance and now she just needs to get over the line.

Sonay Kartal holds serve in the second game having saved a break point and then extends her lead with a second break of serve.

Jelena Ostapenko is making a lot of mistakes and that is coupled with some few defensive play from the Brit.

A double fault sends Kartal three games up in the third set. A hold of serve next would put her on the brink of winning this match.

She’s been plagued with niggling injury problems throughout the year and her form has plummeted off a cliff.

Now she’s retired in the first round of Wimbledon after more issues and a lengthy medical time out.

The two-time Wimbledon runner-up was a set and a break down to Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova when she decided to call it a day.

Ostapenko gets a bit impatient and leaps into a driving forehand which she knocks long.

A perfect cross court return of serve next up keeps her in the contest at 30-30 but she then pushes a backhand too long.

Can Kartal hold? No in this rally. A lofty slice sets Ostapenko up for a blazing strike and she powers her forehand into the back corner to force deuce.

Sonay Kartal breaks Jelena Ostapenko in the opening game of the third set.

The crowd are cheering her on now and the British No 3 takes the advantage in this match now.

Can she hold serve to secure the break?

All square in this first-round tussle over on Court 3 as the Latvin 20th seed seals the second set with another break of Kartal’s serve.

Ostapenko bulldozes through another service game and now Kartal must serve to stay in this set.

Over on Court 4, Oliver Tarvet is 6-4, 5-4 up against Switzerland’s Leandro Riedi and will now serve for the second set.

The 20th seed remains in control of this one but Kartal has got on the board in this set.