Heather Watson spared four match guides however was incapable toward avert world No 25 Jelena Jankovic winning in three sets in the Wuhan Open first round. Annihilation implies Watson will be supplanted as British No 1 by Johanna Konta, who came to the second round with Sunday’s win over Andrea Petkovic.
Despite the fact that she battled splendidly over two hours on focus court, Watson lost 6-3 2 6-3 and has now endured consecutive first-round ways out after a week ago’s Korea Open. Johanna Konta is to end up the new British number one after Heather Watson’s thrashing in the first round of the Wuhan Open in China. Current British number one Watson, 23, spared four match directs yet was not able toward keep away from a 6-3 2 6-3 misfortune to previous world number one Jelena Jankovic. Konta’s win over German Andrea Petkovic in her first-round match implies the 24-year-old will go above Watson when the new rankings are reported one week from now. Konta next plays Victoria Azarenka.
Conceived in Sydney however situated in Eastbourne since turning into a British subject in 2012, Konta has won 19 of her last 20 matches since losing to Russian Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon. That marvelous keep running of structure saw her achieve the fourth round of the US Open as a qualifier before in September. Watson, who like Konta came through two rounds of qualifying in Wuhan, has now endured progressive first-round ways out after a comparable annihilation in the Korea Open. Jankovic won a match of moving force more than two hours and 14 minutes, only two days subsequent to winning her first WTA title for a long time in Guangzhou.
Watson said, “I am really disappointed with today. I thought my form had been good coming in. I knew she would be coming in with a lot of confidence but also a bit tired from her title in Guangzhou, so I saw this a big opportunity. I feel like I really missed out but that’s my fault and I will have to look back and work on the things I need to work on.”
Notwithstanding, Watson delivered the merchandise in the second set to take it 6-2, striking five pros all the while, with her rival twofold blaming three times. It set up a wonderful decider however sadly for Watson she was softened up the second amusement, and however she struggled well on the Jankovic serve couldn’t keep her rival from taking a 3-0 lead.
