Johanna Konta beaten 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-1) by Carolina Garcia at Indian Wells
Monday 13 March 2017 14:34, UK
Johanna Konta is out of the BNP Paribas Masters at Indian Wells after losing 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-1) to France's Caroline Garcia in the third round.
Garcia, who is seeded 21st, showed impressive resilience to battle back from a set down against 11th seed Konta.
Konta appeared on course for a place in the last 16 when she broke Garcia in the fourth game of the first set to seize the early initiative.
But Garcia broke in the second to level the match and dominated the third-set tie-break, winning it 7-1 as she sealed her win with a powerful cross-court backhand.
Garcia will now face Italy's Roberta Vinci or Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.
Konta's loss caps a disappointing weekend for British tennis in California as Andy Murray lost to qualifier Vasek Pospisil and Dan Evans was eliminated at the same stage by Japan's Kei Nishikori.
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