Yulia Starodubtseva reached her first WTA quarterfinal of her career by beating France’s Diane Parry in straight sets. The match took 20 games to decide and lasted two hours and nine minutes. The 24-year-old Ukrainian excelled in her service games. She landed 74% of first serves and won 64% of first serve points (45/70).

Starodubtseva 50% of second serve points (12/24). She converted three of six break points and saved a whopping 12 or 13 break points on her own serve. Starodubtseva is guaranteed a new career high ranking after this week. In fact, she will inch closer to a top 100 breakthrough if she picks up another win at the Jasmin Open.

Sonay Kartal, meanwhile, will also be contesting her first WTA quarterfinal. The 22-year-old Briton made a mockery of the 46-place ranking gap between herself and Mai Hontama of Japan as she dugout an impressive 6-2, 6-2 victory.

Kartal is guaranteed a new career-high ranking after this tournament. She’s up to 130th in the live rankings, having never broken the world’s top 150 before. She has dropped just one set this week, which came in the first round against Jaqueline Cristian, having navigated her path into the main draw through qualifying.

Yulia Starodubtseva vs Sonay Kartal Head-To-Head

• Yulia Starodubtseva leads Sonay Kartal 1-0 in their head-to-head, having met in the final round of qualifying for the 2024 US Open last month.

Yulia Starodubtseva vs Sonay Kartal Prediction

This one will be tough to call as both players will be contesting their maiden WTA quarterfinal. Their lone WTA meeting was a thriller, with Starodubtseva winning a three-setter in New York. Neither player has put a foot wrong this week, but Kartal has shown admirable discipline with her serve and aggressive baseline game, with only one set dropped from qualifying.