Kartal beats Svitolina to reach first WTA 1000 semi-final in Wuhan

Sonay Kartal beat fifth seed Elina Svitolina 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the Wuhan Open quarter-finals to reach her first WTA 1000 semi-final. Kartal broke — took Svitolina's serve — at 5-4 in the decider. She faces Jelena Ostapenko next, after the Latvian beat 11th seed Diana Shnaider 7-6 (8-6), 6-1.