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2. The most heated battle of the first week of Wimbledon ended with a tender, emotional moment. Johanna Konta and Donna Vekic ran the emotional gamut on Day 3, trading clutch shots, splintered serves and momentum for three hours and 10 minutes until Konta finally converted her second match point to seal a 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-8 victory over the Croatian.
“[It was] definitely one of the most epic matches I have been a part of,” Konta told reporters after the match. “I think both myself and Donna played very well. I think it was one of those matches where, yeah, it was going to just be decided at the very last minute.”
The compelling affair was a reprisal of the pair’s Nottingham final from three weeks ago. That tilt was also played at a gallop, with both players executing attacking tennis until Konta finally yielded to Vekic, who claimed her first title in over three years at the Aegon International.
There was no let-up in the 21-year-old Croatian’s form at Wimbledon. She rolled past Natalia Vikhlyantseva in the first round and traded punches with Konta brilliantly on a picture-perfect afternoon in London, in front of an enthusiastic Centre Court crowd.
Fans may have come with defending champ Andy Murray on their mind (his second-rounder with Dustin Brown was the second-half of a British double-billing on Centre Court) but many will no doubt go home reflecting on Konta’s magical performance, one that was a long time coming and by far her best at SW19 to date.
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