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Video Johanna Konta has been beaten by world No.1231:10 Australian Open: Ninth seed Johanna Konta has been upset by world No.123 Bernada Pera in straight sets to go into the third round. January 18th 2018 2 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Tennis news and galleries/ Tennis Maria Sharapova has a red hot chance for finals1:22 […]
Konta had never faced Pera, with the American making her Grand Slam main draw debut as a lucky loser after replacing the injured Margarita Gasparyan. After previously reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 2016, big things were expected of the Sydney-born Briton. But she collapsed to a straight sets defeat against Pera – […]
In an exciting US Open draw, Andy Murray could meet Alexander Zverev in the semi-final with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer meeting in the other. Federer will start against American youngster Francis Tiafoe and new world No.1 Nadal faces world No.84 Dusan Lajovic of Serbia. Among the other British men, Kyle Edmund meets 32nd seed […]
Williams defied her 37 years to crush British no1 Konta 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and 13 minutes of brutal power tennis in the Centre Court semi-final. But Konta insisted that she will learn from the experience – and will return to SW19 stronger next year. The 26-year-old said: “I was in just as much […]
Konta, 26, was bidding to become the first British woman to reach a Wimbledon singles final in 40 years today. But she met her match in five-time SW19 champion Williams who put on a Centre Court semi-final masterclass. Williams may be 37 but she showed age is just a number as she handed out a […]
A win for Williams would see her reach a 16 Grand Slam final and a ninth at Wimbledon, while Konta is only playing in her second ever semi-final. The Brit sole previous appearance in the last four of a major saw her lose in straight sets to eventual champion Angelique Kerber at the 2016 Australian […]
Johanna Konta is the first British woman to qualify for the Wimbledon semi-finals in 39 years after her historic victory over Simona Halep. The 26-year-old mounted a comeback to win 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 on Centre Court and will face Venus Williams in the next round. Konta was emotional after the match came to an end, […]
It is the best performance since Virginia Wade reached that stage in defence of her crown and earns Konta the small matter of a match-up with five-time champion Venus Williams. All that is for Thursday, though. Konta deserved to bask in her moment of joy after she was roared on under the roof of Centre […]
Konta takes on No.2 seed Halep on Centre Court and the stakes have rarely been higher. The pair don’t get on with one another after a flare-up at the Fed Cup earlier this year. And, crucially, there’s a Wimbledon semi-final spot up for grabs. Venus Williams and Garbine Muguruza have already won – but who […]
Konta was made to work for her place in the third round though. After breezing past Su-Wei Hsieh in straight sets in the opening round, she faced Donna Vekic, who had beaten her less than three weeks previous in the final at Nottingham. However, she was able to exorcise that demon in an epic clash […]
