Britain’s Johanna Konta organized a glorious battle back to beat world number two Simona Halep 6 3-6 7-5 and accomplish the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open. In the wake of winning the first set, Konta hunt set down demolition as her Romanian foe won the second and was 5-1 up in the complete third. However Halep had no answer as Konta fought back to progress. The 24-year-old will next play past world number one Venus Williams for a spot in the last four. Konta transforms into the first British woman to beat a world number two since Sue Barker pounded Tracy Austin in 1981. Konta, who will supplant Heather Watson as British number one, had won 21 of her previous 22 matches this season. She began the year situated 150th yet will pass her confidant in one week from now’s rankings. Watson is situated 60th in the world. Konta came through two rounds of qualifying in Wuhan, joining 19 of the world’s principle 20 in the essential draw, and went to the last 16 after Victoria Azarenka surrendered with leg harm. It has been 34 years since a Briton has made sense of how to beat a world number two. Watson skirted on beating world number one Serena Williams at Wimbledon this late spring, while British number three Laura Robson vanquished Kim Clijsters and Li Na at the 2012 US Open. This year, Konta has twice beaten Wimbledon finalist Sabine Muguruza and has now crush the world number two.
Konta said, “Playing Venus is a childhood dream. I’m taking care of being able to recover. I feel lucky and humble I get to play so many matches, and be able to win a few of them. There’s a lot of hard work behind it. It’s not an accident or a click. Everything is a process and a journey, and it’s nice to be on a high right now. I’m not that amazed, overwhelmed or unnecessarily excited about every match. I’m an ambitious person and believe in my own ability. But I know how tennis works – there are ups and downs.”
