Billie Jean King Cup Qualifying: Sonay Kartal wins to give the advantage of GB 1-0 on the Netherlands
Kartal, who made his debut in the national team against Germany, showed calm after having missed a series of opportunities in the second set.
He returned from a first break in the first set, hitting 11 winners to the seven of Vedder while he passed it in the exchanges of before.
Kartal should have broken the number 265 Vedder in the first game of the second set, missing three pause opportunities before defeating his service games easily.
However, it was not helped to 4-3 on the rise when the referee Eva ASDeraki-Moore erroneously eliminated a call out on a Vedder right.
If he hadn’t been canceled, Kartal would have had a pause point. Instead, the point was reproduced, Vedder took service and then broke Kartal in the next game.
Vedder has played his best tennis in the last two games of the second set, drawing Kartal errors before concluding the set with an ace.
The British has put aside his frustration for the third set, quickly making a break and putting his heavy straight test to win the last five games in a row.
