03 July 2025

Zeynep Sönmez Continues to Make History at Wimbledon

Competing in the main draw of Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the season, for the first time, our national player Zeynep Sönmez made history by becoming the first Turkish player ever to reach the third round of a Grand Slam singles event. Today, Zeynep also claimed her first Grand Slam victory in doubles by winning her doubles match.

In the second round of the tournament held in London, the capital of England, world No. 88 Zeynep Sönmez faced world No. 32 Xinyu Wang.

Sönmez, 23, started the match by breaking serve but then lost her own second service game. After losing four consecutive games to fall behind 4-1, Zeynep responded by winning three games in a row, making it 4-4 in the set. Breaking serve again in the 11th game and holding her own serve without errors, the national player took the set 7-5 to go up 1-0.

In the second set, with both Sönmez and Wang breaking serve once, the first ten games did not break the tie: 5-5. In the 11th game, Zeynep made the most of her break point opportunity to go ahead 6-5. Taking the 12th game as well, she won the set 7-5. Leaving the court with a 2-0 victory, Zeynep secured her place in the third round.

Zeynep will face world No. 17 Ekaterina Alexandrova, who defeated Suzan Lamens 6-4, 6-0, in the third round. The Sönmez–Alexandrova match will be played on Saturday, 5 July.

Zeynep Reaches Second Round in Doubles

After her singles match, Zeynep Sönmez was on court for the doubles with her partner Polina Kudermetova. The pair of Zeynep Sönmez and Polina Kudermetova defeated the duo of Marketa Vondrousova and Miriam Skoch 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the doubles at Wimbledon.

With this result, Zeynep also claimed her first Grand Slam victory in doubles. In the second round, the Sönmez/Kudermetova pair will face the tournament’s No. 2 seeds, Erin Routliffe and Gabriela Dabrowski.

03 July 2025