British female tennis players faced yet another loss at the US Open as Johanna Konta was knocked out of the competition by Caroline Garcia in the first round on Tuesday.

27-year old Konta followed fellow British tennis star Heather Watson out of the competition after her 6-2 6-2 loss in the first round. Garcia put on a remarkable display to contain the British star that came in after a series of wins over grand slam champion Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Jelena Ostapenko weeks before the US Open.

An Unenergetic Konta

Konta looked unenergetic and incapable of outdoing the dominant Garcia throughout the competition. Perhaps a recent illness that saw the British number one bed-ridden for three days had something to do with her sub-par performance.

Nevertheless, the 27-year-old had insisted before the competition she was feeling healthy and ready to perform. She started the match poorly and allowed Garcia to dominate nearly half of her service points.

The French star missed six chances throughout the game and although the British player showed some signs of resistance; Garcia emerged victoriously.

“I didn’t have a good serving day, so that definitely hurt me, especially because she was serving well,” Konta said after the event.

Apart from dominating first serves with a 70% win rate, Garcia also dominated second serves and won 4 out of 10 break points. She looked the better player in every way and won deservedly.

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On Tuesday we witnessed another major upset at US Open 2017. Last year’s US Open Women’s Singles champion, Germany’s Angelique Kerber has ended her journey to defend the title by being eliminated in the first round by Japan’s Naomi Osaka. On the WTA World Ranking, Kerber is ranked 6th but is on her way out of the top 10 for sure while Osaka is currently ranked 45th and will see an improvement in her ranking after US Open is completed. Kerber is the first defending champion in the last 12 years to be eliminated so early. Something like this didn’t happen since 2005 when Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Ekaterina Bychkova.

Majority of the matches on Tuesday were canceled because of the rain but the match between Kerber and Osaka was completed. It probably helped that the Japanese tennis player was swift and finished the job in 2 sets beating Kerber 6-3, 6-1. Kerber looked powerless while Osaka strolled through their 65-minutes match.This was also the first time that Osaka has managed to beat a top 10 tennis player.

Compared to the last year, when she was number one ranked female tennis player in the world, 2017 isn’t shaping well for Angelique Kerber. In 2016, besides US Open, she won the Australian Open as well and even managed to reach Wimbledon final. This year, Kerber suffered multiple blows, including elimination from the French Open where she was No. 1 seed. That was the first time in the tournament’s history that No. 1 seeded player was eliminated in the first round.

Now, 4 out of the top 10 seeded tennis players in woman’s singles are out of the US Open. The 9th seeded Venus Williams is pregnant and doesn’t participate in the tournament. The 2nd seeded Simona Halep was eliminated by Maria Sharapova while 7th seeded Johanna Konta suffered a defeat in her match against WTA 78th ranked Aleksandra Krunic.

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British female tennis players faced yet another loss at the US Open as Johanna Konta was knocked out of the competition by Caroline Garcia in the first round on Tuesday.

27-year old Konta followed fellow British tennis star Heather Watson out of the competition after her 6-2 6-2 loss in the first round. Garcia put on a remarkable display to contain the British star that came in after a series of wins over grand slam champion Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Jelena Ostapenko weeks before the US Open.

An Unenergetic Konta

Konta looked unenergetic and incapable of outdoing the dominant Garcia throughout the competition. Perhaps a recent illness that saw the British number one bed-ridden for three days had something to do with her sub-par performance.

Nevertheless, the 27-year-old had insisted before the competition she was feeling healthy and ready to perform. She started the match poorly and allowed Garcia to dominate nearly half of her service points.

The French star missed six chances throughout the game and although the British player showed some signs of resistance; Garcia emerged victoriously.

“I didn’t have a good serving day, so that definitely hurt me, especially because she was serving well,” Konta said after the event.

Apart from dominating first serves with a 70% win rate, Garcia also dominated second serves and won 4 out of 10 break points. She looked the better player in every way and won deservedly.

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On Tuesday we witnessed another major upset at US Open 2017. Last year’s US Open Women’s Singles champion, Germany’s Angelique Kerber has ended her journey to defend the title by being eliminated in the first round by Japan’s Naomi Osaka. On the WTA World Ranking, Kerber is ranked 6th but is on her way out of the top 10 for sure while Osaka is currently ranked 45th and will see an improvement in her ranking after US Open is completed. Kerber is the first defending champion in the last 12 years to be eliminated so early. Something like this didn’t happen since 2005 when Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Ekaterina Bychkova.

Majority of the matches on Tuesday were canceled because of the rain but the match between Kerber and Osaka was completed. It probably helped that the Japanese tennis player was swift and finished the job in 2 sets beating Kerber 6-3, 6-1. Kerber looked powerless while Osaka strolled through their 65-minutes match.This was also the first time that Osaka has managed to beat a top 10 tennis player.

Compared to the last year, when she was number one ranked female tennis player in the world, 2017 isn’t shaping well for Angelique Kerber. In 2016, besides US Open, she won the Australian Open as well and even managed to reach Wimbledon final. This year, Kerber suffered multiple blows, including elimination from the French Open where she was No. 1 seed. That was the first time in the tournament’s history that No. 1 seeded player was eliminated in the first round.

Now, 4 out of the top 10 seeded tennis players in woman’s singles are out of the US Open. The 9th seeded Venus Williams is pregnant and doesn’t participate in the tournament. The 2nd seeded Simona Halep was eliminated by Maria Sharapova while 7th seeded Johanna Konta suffered a defeat in her match against WTA 78th ranked Aleksandra Krunic.

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