Britain's Johanna Konta in action during her round of 32 match against Romania’s Simona Halep in Madrid May 7, 2019. — Reuters pic
Konta, 27, won 6-7 , 6-4, 6-1 against the seventh-seeded Stephens who reached the semi-finals in Madrid last week. Konta threw away a 4-0 lead in the first set, losing a tie-break, but regained the momentum in the following two to book her ticket to the third round for a fourth straight year after two and a half hours on court at the Foro Italico.
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