Tennis – Connecticut Open ’18: Johanna Konta Wins First Round
English number one Johanna Konta proceeded with her US Open preparation, with a 1st round prevail over Germany’s Laura Siegemund at the Connecticut Open. Konta, who is positioned 46th in the Women’s Singles Tennis rankings, won 6-2. 7-5 against the world number 146.
.@JohannaKonta wins an intense 6-2, 7-5 battle over L. Siegemund to reach R2 at the @connecticutopen!
Follow the action on @espn 3.#USOpenSeries pic.twitter.com/lgwTSd7Bt9
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) 20 August 2018
The Briton lost 4 points on serve in the opening set, yet had to dive further in the second breaking to lead 6-5 and eventually winning the game.
Johanna #Konta continued her US Open preparation with a first-round win over Germany’s Laura Siegemund at the #ConnecticutOpen. #Tennis pic.twitter.com/07YCgrbx4E
— Bet Finder (@Betfinder) 20 August 2018
After noticeably thrashing Serena Williams in San Jose, she beat Grand Slam champions Jelena Ostapenko and Victoria Azarenka in Montreal.
Konta, 27, was the seventh seed at Flushing Meadows a year ago, however lost to unseeded Serb Aleksandra Krunic in the 1st round, and has dropped down the rankings since.
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In any case, the American hard-court season has given the 2017 Wimbledon semi-finalist a lift going into the US Open.
Johanna Konta defeats Laura Siegemund 62 75 in R1 of the Connecticut Open in New Haven today! ???
? Konta hit 6 aces and won 85% of her first serve points for the good victory in 1 hour and 45 minutes ?#tennis #tenis #konta pic.twitter.com/nCJJ7Evpr6
— Tennis news results (@Tnewsresults) 20 August 2018
Konta, showing up in the primary draw in New Haven, will play Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro in the second round.
One match in: Johanna Konta beats Laura Siegemund 6-2, 7-5. Aliaksandra Sasnovich-Kristina Mladenovic started an hour before that, is 3-2 on serve in the third after two tiebreaks, and may take two more hours
— Michael Fornabaio (@fornabaioctp) 20 August 2018
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