British player Johanna Konta fought back from 1-5 down in the third set by winning six consecutive games to upset Simona Halep in three sets with 6-3 3-6 7-5 at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open. Konta has continued her recent great period of form. She has won 21 of her previous 22 matches including two qualifying rounds in Wuhan
Konta was born in Sydney (Australia) and was introduced to tennis by her parents of Hungarian origin. She became a British citizen in May 2012.
Konta clinched the first set with 6-3. Halep bounced back reeling off seven of the next eight games from 4-3 in the second set en route to winning the second set with 6-3. The Romanian star raced to a 5-1 lead in the third set and looked to be cruising to a easy win but Konta reeled off six consecutive games to clinch the third set with 7-5.
Ranked outside the top-100 after the grass season Konta reached the fourth round at the US Open. After Wuhan she will overtake Heather Watson as British Number one. Konta, who started the year ranked 150th, is set to move up from 66th to 55th in the WTA Ranking.
Konta will face Venus Williams in the quarter finals
Diego Sampaolo
