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Johanna Konta reaches Nottingham Open final with win over Nina Stojanovic

Johanna Konta reaches Nottingham Open final with win over Nina Stojanovic

Britain’s Johanna Konta reached her first final for two years by beating Nina Stojanovic at the Nottingham Open. The top seed beat the Serb 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 7-5 to reach the final of the grass-court tournament for a third time. She will face fourth seed Zhang Shuai in Sunday’s final after the Chinese beat American Lauren Davis 6-4 6-3. Konta, without back-to-back wins this season until this event, is finding good form at the right time with Wimbledon just over a fortnight away. But the Briton took the long route to victory, failing to convert a match point at 5-3 in the second...

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