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British No. 2 Sonay Kartal caused a huge upset in Indian Wells on Saturday, saving a match point to take out No. 20 seed Emma Navarro 6-1 3-6 7-6 in a gruelling match. Kartal is no stranger to the Californian desert - 12 months ago, she reached the fourth round as a lucky loser, shocking the 16th seed. Now in the main draw off of her own ranking, the 24-year-old is back to her old tricks.

The Brighton-based star thrives in the tricky, often windy conditions in Indian Wells, and after her opening match, said they reminded her of home. And she looked better than ever as she raced into a 5-0 lead over Navarro in less than 20 minutes, and took the first set in under half an hour.

There were four successive breaks early in the second set, but Navarro eventually managed to stop that run and held to lead 4-3. Kartal then called the physio and had a medical timeout as the trainer worked on her leg, hip and lower back. It didn't help, and Navarro went on to force a decider, winning four straight games to take the second set 6-3.

The world No. 54, who is defending 140 ranking points here this fortnight, called the physio again ahead of the third set. She came through an 11-minute game to start the decider, and the trainer returned to the court briefly during the changeover with Kartal leading 2-1. The Brit finally started to settle back into the match and looked strong as the third set went on.

Navarro got out of a tight game to level the score at 4-4 and was the first to break in the tight decider, giving herself the chance to serve for the match. But the 20th seed couldn't do it, and Kartal broke to give herself a lifeline, taking it to 5-5. The rollercoaster continued - Navarro broke in a lengthy game to serve for the match again and even had a match point this time, but again, the British No. 2 broke back, this time forcing a deciding tiebreak.

After losing the first point on her serve in the breaker, Kartal reeled off five in a row. After saving a match point only a few minutes earlier, the world No. 54 suddenly had four of her own. And she only needed the one, as Navarro sent the ball wide to bow out of the tournament.

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