Simona Halep knocks spirited Johanna Konta out of Cincinnati Open
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ByEurosport
Updated 19/08/2017 at 08:00 GMT
Johanna Konta has been knocked out of the Cincinnati Open after losing her quarter-final against second seed Simona Halep 6-4 7-6 (7/1) on Friday night.
Johanna Konta loses to Simon Halep in Cincinnati
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Seventh seed Konta, set up a rematch of her Wimbledon quarter-final - which she won - against Halep, after a third round victory against Domenika Cibulkova.
Despite her eventual defeat, it was a strong display by the Brit, who saved a series of match points and kept Halep on court for almost two hours.
Konta, who had not lost to the Romanian in three previous meetings, saved two match points when trailing 5-3, and was down 40-0 down at 6-5 before battling back to win the game.
But Halep regrouped and romped through the tiebreaker to set up a semi-final against unseeded Sloane Stephens, who beat Julia Goerges earlier in the day.
Additional reporting by PA Sport
WTA Cincinnati Open results
Quarter-finals
2-Simona Halep (Romania) beat 7-Johanna Konta (Britain) 6-4 7-6(1)
4-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat 8-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 6-2 5-7 7-5
Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) 6-1 7-6(3)
1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat 6-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6-2 6-4
Round 3
Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 2-6 6-3 6-4
Julia Goerges (Germany) beat 5-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 7-5 6-4
1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 6-3 4-6 6-0
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