Kartal and Norrie reach last 16 at Wimbledon

MANY British players have wilted under the Wimbledon spotlight but Sonay Kartal is revelling in it.

- ANDY SIMS Tennis correspondent

The 23-year-old from Brighton roared into the fourth round after sweeping aside French qualifier Diane Parry.

She is in the last 16 of a grand slam for the first time in her career after a sizzling 6-4 6-2 victory.

When Jack Draper was knocked out by Marin Cilic on Thursday he admitted the expectation levels surrounding home players made him realise just how big two-time winner Andy Murray’s achievements were.

But laid-back Kartal is taking all the hype in her stride as she prepares for a crack at Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for a place in the quarterfinals.

“I enjoy it. I think it’s an honour’ she said. “Obviously if you've got a lot of attention on you, it means you're doing good things.

“I'm pretty calm and pretty collected. I don’t think it’s going to affect me too much. But no, I’m just enjoying it all. I'll still pretty young. It's my first fourth round.

“| feel like I’m going to go out on the court in the next round kind of with nothing to lose at the minute. I'm going to go swinging.