Johanna Konta’s greatest end result on the Cincinnati Open was the 2017 quarter-final
British primary Johanna Konta was crushed 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 by Karolina Muchova within the first spherical of the Cincinnati Open.
Konta, 30, received the primary set in an assured begin earlier than rain interrupted the second set in Ohio.
After the resumption, Czech Muchova, 24, claimed the second set in a detailed tie-break.
The world quantity 23 took the deciding set and can face former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu in spherical two.
Within the males’s event in Cincinnati, British quantity two Cameron Norrie couldn’t convert a set’s result in victory as American John Isner fought again to win 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4.
Norrie now trails 2-1 in head-to-head conferences with Isner
Andy Murray, who beat Richard Gasquet in his opening match, will play ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz within the Wednesday’s second spherical after the Pole defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain.
Konta has had a troubled season, with no back-to-back wins and lengthy damage breaks earlier than she received the Nottingham Open this summer time, her first title since profitable the Miami Open in 2017.
However her plans to make use of that momentum at Wimbledon have been crushed after she was recognized as a detailed contact when a member of her crew examined constructive for Covid-19.
She needed to then withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics as she would have little time to arrange after recovering from the virus herself.
Konta seemed to be returning to kind on the Canadian Open however a knee damage lower quick her marketing campaign.
In a second-tier event in Chicago, 18-year-old Briton Emma Raducanu beat top-seeded Belgian Alison van Uytvanck 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 to make the second spherical.
Raducanu, who reached the fourth spherical at Wimbledon earlier this yr in solely her second skilled event, made up 124 rating spots to beat the world quantity 60.
She’s going to play 20-year-old Clara Burel of France subsequent.
