First set: Konta 3-1 Stephens* Konta has shifted up into top gear now, and at this moment she is bettering Stephens. The third point is a fine example, the pair trading crosscourt forehands until Konta eventually nailed one too deep and too hard and Stephens couldn’t get it back. It’s soon 15-40, and though Stephens saves one break point with a phenomenal driven forehand, she surrenders the next with a backhand that drops long!
First set: Konta* 2-1 Stephens Konta holds to 15 and even the point she lost was emphatically bossed, although she ended it by hitting her forehand winner, with Stephens marooned on the other side of the court, six inches wide.
First set: Konta 1-1 Stephens* Both players have rapidly hit their straps, trading clean, powerful strokes from the baseline. Stephens has a considerably easier time holding her serve than Konta did, though, taking the game to 15 and ending it with a very fine deep, spinning serve that forced Konta too wide.
First set: Konta* 1-0 Stephens Konta overhits a forehand and then a first serve, Stephens pouncing to take a 0-30 lead with an excellent, deep forehand. Konta fights back to 30-30 only to concede a break point. She saves that, has a few game points of her own and finally holds a lengthy and very promising game. By the time it ends, Wawrinka is already 2-1 up on Lenglen, with serve.
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The players are out and preparing for action. I’ll be concentrating initially on Konta v Stephens, but will keep a beady eye on action on Suzanne Lenglen.
Here’s Kevin Mitchell on Jo Konta and her latest coach, Dimitri Zavialoff. She and Sloane Stephens have played only twice, both this year, and Konta has won both matches. Most recently, she beat Stephens 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 in Rome last month.
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We have only four matches of senior, singles tennis ahead of us today, but they’re good ’uns. First up, it’s Stan Wawrinka v Roger Federer on Suzanne Lenglen, with Federer holding a 22-3 head-to-head advantage over his compatriot. Wawrinka’s last victory over Federer was in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros in 2015, the year he won the title, and all three Wawrinka wins have come on clay, the other two in Monte Carlo in 2014 and 2009. Counting only games on clay, Federer’s head-to-head lead is only 4-3. Meanwhile, on Philippe Chatrier, it’s Johanna Konta v Sloane Stephens for a place in what would be the Briton’s third Grand Slam semi-final.
Order of play
Philippe Chatrier (from 1pm BST)
(7) Sloane Stephens v Johanna Konta (26)
(7) Kei Nishikori v Rafael Nadal (2)
Suzanne Lenglen (from 1pm BST)
(24) Stan Wawrinka v Roger Federer (3)
Marketa Vondrousova v Petra Martic (31)
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