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Johanna Konta Dominates Sloane Stephens to Reach French Open Semis

PARIS — Sloane Stephens never stood a chance.

Johanna Konta produced a remarkably dominant performance against last year's runner-up, winning 6-1, 6-4 Tuesday to become the first British woman to reach the French Open semifinals since Jo Durie in 1983.

The match was so one-sided that the 26th-seeded Konta won all but one point on her serve in the second set - and the one that she lost was a double fault.

Konta served six aces, stepped into the court to crush winners off second serves and never gave the seventh-seeded Stephens time to find her rhythm or groove.