London, June 12 (UNI) Britain's Sonay Kartal missed the chance to reach a home quarter-final

when she suffered a tough defeat by American Amanda Anisimova at Queen's.

World number 50 Kartal was overpowered by the eighth seed in just one hour and five minutes,

losing 6-1 6-3 on Wednesday.

Kartal had secured the biggest win of her career on Monday against world number 16 Daria Kasatkina.

But a third win over a top-20 player in her career - and a second in the west London tournament - proved a bridge too far.

Anisimova will not have won over much of the British crowd so far at Queen's with victory over

Jodie Burrage in the first round and now wildcard Kartal, the BBC reported.

Anisimova faces compatriot Emma Navarro in the last eight after the third seed saved a match

point before beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 earlier on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Australian Open winner Madison Keys cruised to a comfortable 6-3 6-2 victory over qualifier Anastasia Zakharova to book her place in the quarter-finals.

Earlier, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter's crowd-pleasing doubles partnership came to an end after two matches with defeat in the last eight.

The Britons lost 6-2 7-5 to top seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Erin Routliffe in front of a packed court one at Queen's, which is hosting a women's event for the first time in 52 years.

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