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Konta, the current world No66 who will rise above Heather Watson in next week’s rankings, was rarely troubled by Azarenka, who is now ranked No23 following a couple of years beset by foot injuries.

Serbia’s former world number one Jelena Jankovic ignored the distraction of an arm injury before beating Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer on Friday and booking a place in the final of the Guangzhou worldwide.

After a sloppy start to the match, Simona Halep gathered pace in the latter end of the first set and continued the momentum to overcome Timea Babos in straight sets 6-4, 6-0 and progress into the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou worldwide Women’s Open.

Or would such a problem force him to consider retirement? Consequently he was running roughshod through the majors. He suffered a first-round loss to Chardy on the Australian Open, exclusively to bounce him in Portugal 4 months later.

For a brief moment in time, she took a top 30 player and put her into a tailspin.