Jul 11, 2017; London, United Kingdom; Johanna Konta (GBR) and Simona Halep (ROU) at the net after their match on day eight at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports
LONDON (Reuters) - The epic quarter-final between Britain's Johanna Konta and Romanian Simona Halep drew a record peak audience for a Wimbledon women's match on BBC television, figures released on Thursday showed.
Some 7.4 million, a million more than the peak audience for the men's final, watched Konta beat the second seed 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4 and become the first British woman to reach the last four in nearly 40 years.
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