Madrid Open: Johanna Konta beats Yulia Putintseva in clay-court campaign opener
Johanna Konta has played just seven matches in 2021, winning three of them British number one Johanna Konta began her clay-court campaign with victory over Yulia Putintseva in the first round of the Madrid Open. Konta, seeded 15th at the event, beat Kazakhstan’s Putintseva 6-4 6-2 for just her third victory of the year. The Briton missed Great Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup play-off tie against Mexico this month to prepare for the clay-court swing. She will play either Anastasija Sevastova or Ana Bogdan next. Konta, who has been managing a long-term knee problem, said there was a...
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