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China's Zheng ousts British No.1 in Nottingham tennis event

Xinhua, June 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Zheng Saisai beat British No.1 Johanna Konta 6-4, 7-5 in the second round of the WTA Nottingham tournament on Thursday, upsetting the British favorite's joy at breaking into the world's top 20.

Zheng fought back from 2-0 down in the opening set with two breaks of serve and took it in 45 minutes.

Second seed Konta was on course to level the match when she went 4-2 up in the second set, only to relinquish her advantage afterwards and was consigned to defeat.

Konta underwent treatment during the match when she felt uncomfortable in her lower back.

"She played a lot of balls and got a lot of balls back. I think there were a lot of high-quality points," Konta said.

Zheng will encounter Tara Moore in the quarter-finals following the Briton's 6-2, 6-2 defeat of eighth seed Christina McHale. Endit