On Wednesday, Kartal could become the first British woman to reach the quarter-finals of Indian Wells – the self-styled “Tennis Paradise ... become the first DI player to win championships ...

Sonay Kartal speaking on court after beating Jule Niemeier on her Billie Jean King Cup debut: "I'm super proud of that debut ...

Tennis returns to the desert ... Draper is the only British player left at the tournament after lucky loser Sonay Kartal fell in straight sets to No 1 Ayrna Sabalenka in her last-16 tie.

Now 23, Kartal needs only 15 points – the reward for a first-round win at a smaller WTA event – to overtake Raducanu and create tennis’s answer to the fable of the hare and the tortoise.