This week Sonay has made the last 16 of the W1000 Indian Wells. As a LL (), she's beaten Lepchenko, Haddad Maia and Kudermetova
Play brave, Sonay !
"It's appropriate that one of Kartal's many tattoos is a symbol of bravery on her wrist. The origins of that go back even further, though.
"I wasn't the best junior growing up," she explained. "I wasn't that great. A bit of a late developer. I lost a lot of matches from playing too safe. I kind of had enough of losing and was like, I need to change something. If I have it on my wrist, I can see it. It's a little reminder at change of ends."