Johanna Konta continued her progress to the top ranks of women’s tennis yesterday by reaching the Olympic quarter-finals but the last-eight stage will not feature the game’s standard-bearer Serena Williams who was surprisingly knocked out in the third round. Her resolute victory followed a far slicker win from defending champion Andy Murray over Juan Mónaco, his 6-3, 6-1 victory taking him into the last 16 of a competition he is… The British No 1, seeded tenth and ranked 13th in the world, fought back from losing the first set to beat Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsov, the eighth seed, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Source: The Times August 09, 2016 23:16 UTC