Wildcards for Surbiton Trophy announced

The wild card selections have been announced for next week's Surbiton Trophy, with more British players set to join Andy Murray, Jack Draper, Liam Broady, Jay Clarke and Harriet Dart for a tournament that will mark the start of the LTA's programme of summer grass court tournaments. Sussex's Sonay Kartal, 20, will be in the main draw at the Surbiton Trophy after enjoying a stellar year that has included four wins in ITF World Tour W25 tournaments that have been part of the LTA's expanded Performance Competitions Calendar.

Those victories have propelled Kartal's WTA ranking from No.865 at the start of this year to her current position of No.284. Ad/> «It has been a great year for me and I have already surpassed my initial targets,» said Kartal.

«At the start of 2022, I wanted to try and crack the top 500, but I did that quicker than expected. Then I moved into the top 300 and now I want to make more strides forward.

The prospect of getting wildcards to play in the LTA's grass courts events this summer gives me a chance to continue my momentum.» /> Roland-Garros'He wants to boss it' — Tsitsipas off to strong start against Rune at French Open19 MINUTES AGO Kartal will be joined in the main draw for the Surbiton Trophy by Surrey's Lily Miyazaki, who made her WTA singles main draw debut at the Lyon Open in February after battling through qualifying. Liverpool's Beth Grey has also been awarded a wild card after some good form this year saw the 26-year-old win her first ITF World Tour W25 tournament last December, while she also reached the semi-finals of a W25 tournament in Portugal earlier this month.