Sonay Kartal won 35 of 64 return points against Wang Xinyu in the China Open second round. The LTA’s October 3, 2026 report gave the score as 6–3, 6–2 and the duration as one hour and 20 minutes.
No. 31 seed Wang broke first when Kartal sent a forehand long in the third game. Kartal immediately broke back, then took four of the following five games to close the opening set.
Kartal broke three times in set two. At 5–2, her first match point became a 15-shot rally, ending with Wang putting a backhand volley into the net.
The win put Kartal in Beijing’s third round for a second successive year. Her next opponent was Alina Charaeva, who had upset Elena Rybakina. Ahead of their first meeting, Kartal had won both matches of her comeback tournament in straight sets.
