Strycova surprises Konta in the quarter in London

Barbora Strycova surprises Johanna Konta 7-6⁵ 6-1 in the quarter in London on Tuesday. Strycova is going to play against Serena Williams in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Konta had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Strycova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Barbora was not done to come back to break the Brit in the 7^th (3-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

2^nd set.

Strycova had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Konta in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Czech reinforced her lead after breaking Johanna in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

The Brit lost the 6^th game (5-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

After this contest, the head to head between Strycova and Konta is 2-0 for Barbora.

Highlights Barbora Strycova vs. Johanna Konta Wimbledon – London

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Next Match: Barbora Strycova vs. Serena Williams – H2H and stats

Strycova will play Williams in the semifinal.

This will be the 4^th time that Barbora Strycova and Serena Williams face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they played, Williams won 7-5 6-4 in the 4^th round in Melbourne back in 2017.