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Patna : World No 5 Elina Svitolina, 24, Ukraine, beat World No 16 Johanna Konta, 28, Great Britain, in straight sets at Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York City, USA, on September 3, 2019, night, to reach women’s singles semi-finals of US Open for the first time in her career.
Svitolina beat Konta 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals in 1hr 42 minutes. Svitolina won 4 break points in the match to 2 by Konta. She also won 2 games in a row. The Ukrainian served 4 Aces in the match to 3 by Konta. Svitolina won 42 service points to 35 by Konta. Svitolina had also reached Wimbledon SFs in 2019.
Konta had reached French Open SFs in 2019 and Wimbledon SFs in 2017.It was her first US Open QFs.