NY Times · Jul 5, 2017
Britain’s Konta and Murray Advance to Wimbledon’s Third Round
WIMBLEDON, England — Johanna Konta, Britain’s biggest hope for a women’s champion at Wimbledon, worked her way into the third round on Wednesday.
Konta trailed early but managed to come back and hang on for a 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-8 victory over Donna Vekic on Centre Court.
“It’s a nice feeling not to have to keep going out there,” Konta said. “We were out there a long time and both of us battled incredibly hard.
“Whoever was going to draw the short straw was going to be hurting.”
Konta, seeded sixth, is in the third round at the All England Club for the first time in six appearances. She reached the final at a grass-court warm-up tournament in Birmingham last month, but lost to Vekic.