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Highlights: Defending champion Johanna Konta is out of the Sydney International
You’d forgive British No.1 Johanna Konta for cursing her luck: the World No.9 was given a very difficult draw in the first round of the Sydney International in the form of Agnieszka Radwanska. The match, which finished 6-3 7-5, was a repeat of last year’s final and saw Radwanska dominate the first set before Konta began a fightback in…
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Andy Murray undergoes hip surgery in Melbourne
After dropping hints last week, including a memorably frank Instagram post, Andy Murray has had hip surgery in Australia and is hoping to be fighting fit again in time for the grass court season. It’s been a difficult six months for the now World No.30, who hasn’t played a competitive match since July last year.…
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What are Andy Murray’s chances of recovery?
Sir Andy Murray has never been one to shy away from speaking frankly about his own game. In a sport full of ultra media-trained players, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that they’re actually human beings – and the relentless, high-intensity tour takes a physical toll. It’s something that the World No.16 hammered home on Tuesday in a…
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Johanna Konta up to World No.4
Wimbledon hero and British No.1 Johanna Konta has become the fourth British woman to break into the world’s top five players. The feat places Konta on a par with the likes of Virginia Wade, Sue Barker and Jo Durie – and will be a welcome boost as she prepares for another Grand Slam campaign in the US…
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Johanna Konta makes history by reaching Wimbledon semi-final
It’s taken a while, but the wider UK is finally waking up to the fact that Johanna Konta is really quite good. The catalyst of that change was yesterday’s stunning quarter-final victory over second-seed Simona Halep, which finished 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4. As every pundit and newspaper around the country has pointed out, the win means…
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Konta and Murray through to quarter-finals
Johanna Konta has made history by becoming the first British woman to reach the final eight of Wimbledon since 1984 (a year of miners’ strikes, Prince Harry, Band Aid and Starlight Express, in case you’ve forgotten). To break the record, the British No.1 beat France’s Caroline Garcia 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-4 in a gruelling encounter full of…
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Watson, Konta and Bedene through to third round of Wimbledon
Wow. If you watched British No.1 Johanna Konta’s7-6 (7-4) 4-6 10-8 victory over Croatia’s Donna Vekic, you’re probably only just catching your breath. It was an epic encounter, jam-packed with twists and turns, that truly showed Wimbledon at its finest. Konta went into the tie wanting to get some pay-back (Vekic beat her in the…
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Highlights: Konta’s incredible day at Eastbourne
At times it was brilliant, nerve-wracking and even shocking, but British No.1 Johanna Konta has beaten both the French Open champion and the World No.1 – in one afternoon. Not bad, eh? Yesterday started with a brutal Aegon International round-of-16 match against Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, the hero of Roland-Garros. Lasting a whopping two hours and…
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Heather Watson delivers a brilliant, nerve-jangling win at Eastbourne’s Aegon International 2017
Match report: Heather Watson vs Lesia Tsurenko, Sunday 25 June, 6-3 4-6 6-4 Oh Heather, you do like to put your fans through the mill. A match that lasted one minute shy of three hours, a match that was full of moments of sublime beauty one minute and crazy mistakes the next – but also a…
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Johanna Konta beats Tara Moore to register 300th victory
Not only is British No.1 and World No.8 Johanna Konta through the second round of the Aegon Open Nottingham, but she has also notched up her 300th win on the WTA circuit. It’s an impressive milestone, but not one that was at the forefront of Konta’s mind as she headed into the match: “I didn’t realise…
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