Kartal's dream ended by Pavlyuchenkova as line-calling system fails

Sonay Kartal took Wimbledon by storm as the last British player left in the women's singles after Emma Raducanu's exit.

- Yara El-Shaboury

The Brighton native calmly went about her business in the first week, defeating the world No 21, Jelena Ostapenko, in the first round before dominant wins against Viktoriya Tomova and Diane Parry to reach the fourth round at a grand slam for the first time.

But the fairytale run came to a halt as the unseeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's greater experience told, the 34-year-old winning 7-6 (3), 6-4 to return to the Wimbledon quarter-finals after nine years.

"Obviously I'm finished here," said Kartal. "For the rest of the day I'll be a bit sad. But tomorrow I'll wake up, and look back on this week and be super proud. I can step back and think: 'Fourth round of a slam.'

"Hopefully I have inspired some people. It's not easy coming out on Centre Court as a Brit."

It was a match not without its controversies, with the electronic line-calling system failing at a crucial point for the Russian in the first set, an embarrassing moment for Wimbledon, which has received pushback for getting rid of line judges.