Venus Williams vs Johanna Konta Australian Open Melbourne tennis live: Both women looking for first win of 2016
Venus Williams vs Johanna Konta Australian Open Melbourne tennis live In a re-match of last year’s thrilling Wuhan Open quarterfinal, tenth seed Venus Williams takes on rising British player Johanna Konta in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. Click Here to Venus Williams vs Johanna Konta Australian Open Melbourne tennis live Not too many people outside of Great Britain would have heard of Johanna Konta six months ago. The 24-year-old British-Australian scored two top-20 wins over Ekaterina Makarova and Garbine Muguruza on her way to the quarterfinals of Eastbourne in June, but she finished the grass-court season well outside the top 100 after losing 6-2, 6-2 to Maria Sharapova in the first round of Wimbledon and seemed to have found her level in the 110-160 range of the rankings. That loss to Sharapova was the last poor one Konta would suffer, however, as the British player embarked on a remarkable run that saw her win 21 of her next 22 matches. Konta wo...