Wednesday 22 June 2016 22:39, UK
British No 1 Johanna Konta continued her remarkable surge over the past 12 months by shocking two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova to reach the quarter-finals of the Aegon International in Eastbourne.
Konta, who is the first Briton to be seeded at Wimbledon since Jo Durie in 1984, produced her latest stunning result by fighting back from a set down to win 5-7 6-4 6-0 against the Czech.
The 17th seed for Wimbledon has come to the fore over the last year, having reached the last 16 at the US Open and the semi-finals at the Australian Open.
Konta, 25, has shot up the world ranking from 146th to 18th, elevating her into the highest echelons of the sport.
She looked poised to take the opening set when she led 5-2 but one set point slipped away and Kvitova surged back with a run of five games in a row.
Konta was not disheartened, though, and held on to her lead in the second set to level the match.
Fifth seed Kvitova had her thigh strapped and may have been hampered in the decider but that was to take nothing away from Konta, who played superbly and will face either Andrea Petkovic or Ekaterina Makarova in the last eight.
"I'm not sure there are words that are big enough to describe that win," said Konta on wtatennis.com.
"It's definitely one of my biggest wins, even though I don't think she's in the top 10 this week. She has been a top-10 player or top-five player for years and years and years now.
"She really is a champion, and so I am very happy with the level I was able to produce and just kept plugging away throughout that whole match."
Agnieszka Radwanska relied on a steady serve and a solid game to beat Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-3 in a battle of former Wimbledon finalists for a place in the last eight of the tournament.
She next faces 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova, a winner over Kateryna Bondarenko 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, and who came from a break down in the opening set.
Qualifier Monica Puig upset 2009 champion Caroline Wozniacki 4-6 6-3 6-2.
The 22-year-old Puig double-faulted on her first of two match points but completed the job at Devonshire Park in style with an eighth ace.
Wozniacki, ranked 37 in the world, who missed the clay season with an ankle injury, had reached the semi-final in her last three appearances.
"You don't climb Mount Everest in one day," she said. "I played really well. I'm happy with that. The ankle, the body's feeling good. I'm pleased with that."
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