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Konta beaten by Doi in Italian open

British number one Johanna Konta has been beaten in three sets by Misaki Doi in the Italian Open third round.

Konta, 24, took the opening set but went down 4-6 7-5 6-2 in Rome to her 25-year-old Japanese opponent.

Doi, ranked 45 in the world, belied her position 22 places below the Australian Open semi-finalist to take victory.

Meanwhile, top seed Serena Williams also reached the quarter-finals with a 7-6 (9-7) 6-1 win over fellow American Christina McHale.

Williams will play ninth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova - who beat fellow Russian Daria Gavrilova 6-2 2-6 6-3 - in the last eight, while Doi faces Swiss Timea Bacsinszky.