Tennis - Konta and Svitolina exit at Birmingham event


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 22 Jun 2017

Tennis - WTA Premier - Aegon Classic - Edgbaston Priory Club, Birmingham, Britain - June 22, 2017 Great Britain's Johanna Konta looks dejected during her second round match against USA's CoCo Vandeweghe Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

(Reuters) - Britain's Johanna Konta crashed out of the Aegon Classic in the second round on Thursday, suffering a 6-1 6-3 loss to impressive American Coco Vandeweghe at the event in Birmingham, England.

Second-seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was also knocked out at the Edgbaston Priory Club after suffering a surprise three-set defeat by Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi.

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