By Matthew Young
British wildcard Sonay Kartal has invited the public to send her tattoo ideas , vowing she would 鈥榗huck one of them on somewhere鈥 after she eased into the third round at Wimbledon. Sonay, 23, blasted past Bulgaria鈥檚 Viktoria Tomova in straight sets wearing her customary buttoned up, baggy T-shirt reminiscent of 1990s players. She currently has 14 tattoos and promised after her first round victory to give more information on her next inking if she progressed further. Sonay, originally from Sidcup in south London but brought up in Brighton, said: 鈥淚鈥檓 open to suggestions. Like if people throw me some good ideas, I will definitely consider them – 90% I would end up going with one of those ideas. 鈥淚f people want to send me their ideas, I will most likely pick one of them and will probably chuck it on somewhere.鈥 Sonay, whose dad is Turkish and used to run restaurants in Brighton, has tattoos that include an eagle, a snake, the year 2022 to signify when she first played in four Grand Slams. She has several on her knuckles which have no meaning, plus a bee she got during the French Open and two quotes, one saying 鈥榯ime is everything we have and don鈥檛鈥, and another that says 鈥榯he show must go on鈥. Asked her favourite, she said: 鈥淚 have one on the back of my arm which is one of my first dog, a massive golden retriever. I bought some doggy ink and got his paw print downsized, got it tattooed and put it into a little picture on the back of my arm.鈥 She also said another tattoo she will definitely get next is one of her 鈥榗olour holder鈥 number from the Billie Jean King Cup, number 329, after making her debut for Great Britain. Sonay, who couldn鈥檛 afford to regularly pay coaches as she trained as a child, is one of a number of players donning clothes with the famous trefoil Adidas logo. This Championships is the first time the logo has appeared for 30 years after the sports firm launched its London Originals Collection. Sonay said: 鈥淚 saw it a little while ago when they were going to release it. Yeah, as soon as I saw it, I was like, I absolutely want that. I like, I guess, the baggier clothes. 鈥淚 think the baggy top with the tighter shorts I think is a cool look. I feel good wearing it. I enjoy wearing it. I absolutely love the look. I think they鈥檝e done an incredible range. 鈥淚鈥檝e had a lot of compliments. I鈥檓 hoping it looks good and it鈥檚 not just me that feels that,鈥 she joked.