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Great Britain is proud: Konta shocks Halep in Wuhan

The Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open has had a fair share of upsets and injury withdrawals of big WTA names, but the biggest news was made by British Johanna Konta on Wednesday, when she sent home top seed and second-ranked Simona Halep, becoming the first British woman to beat a Top 2 player since Sue Barker more than 30 years ago (almost 34, to be exact). And to make things even better, the world No.66 Konta achieved the feat by recovering from 1-5 in the third set!

"Two hours and 17 minutes of very tough tennis!