Kartal postpones tattoo appointment for doubles match

French Open 2025

Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros

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Sonay Kartal says she has had to postpone a tattoo assignment because it clashes pinch her first-round doubles lucifer astatine nan French Open.

The British number 3 claimed a ascendant 6-0 6-2 triumph complete Russian Erika Andreeva connected her French Open debut.

She is group to beryllium backmost connected tribunal connected Wednesday greeting alongside chap Briton Jodie Burrage successful nan women's doubles astatine 11:00 section clip (10:00 BST) successful Paris.

However, Kartal already had plans successful her diary earlier nan schedule was announced.

Asked if she had immoderate French Open-inspired tattoos planned, Kartal said: "You cognize what? I really had 1 booked tomorrow astatine 11.

"But I'm connected astatine 11. My sister conscionable texted maine and she's changed it to later. Yeah, I'll beryllium getting 1 tomorrow."

Kartal won 8 consecutive games earlier a disappointment Andreeva - nan older sister of sixth seed Mirra - yet sewage connected nan committee to debar nan dreaded 'double bagel'.

But pinch a break down her, Kartal stormed done nan remainder of nan 2nd set, breaking again astatine 5-2 earlier hitting 4 winners successful a statement to unafraid victory.

The 23-year-old, who has 13 tattoos, said number 14 will beryllium a matching 1 pinch her sister.

"I'm not really judge what I'm going to get," Kartal added. "I deliberation she wants matching, truthful I'll get immoderate she wants."

Kartal will look Russian 30th seed Anna Kalinskaya aliases nan Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova successful nan 2nd round, and she has moreover much tattoos planned for erstwhile her tally astatine Roland Garros comes to an end.

"I would for illustration to spell backmost connected a different day, arsenic well. Maybe erstwhile I'm vanished present I'll get thing that resembles nan French Open," she added.