Johanna Konta withdraws from Connecticut Open with viral illness

Johanna Konta’s preparations for next week’s US Open suffered a blow after she was forced to withdraw from the Connecticut Open in New Haven due to a viral illness.

The British number one, who beat German Laura Siegemund 6-2 7-5 on Monday, was scheduled to face Carla Suarez Navarro but tournament organisers announced she had pulled out beforehand, giving her opponent a walkover win to the quarter-finals.

Konta, who also withdrew from the doubles competition with American partner Nicole Melichar, is the only British woman with direct entry into the main draw of the US Open.