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ESPN staff
Britain’s Johanna Konta is through to the semifinals of the Nature Valley Open in Nottingham.
The No. 4 seed overcame Dalila Jakupovic 6-4, 6-2 to move a step closer to a second successive final at the tournament.
She will face a familiar opponent in the semifinals in the shape of Croatia’s Donna Vekic, who earlier defeated Germany’s Mona Barthel 7-5, 6-1.
A year ago, the pair faced off in the final at Nottingham, with Vekic coming out on top.
Two weeks later, they clashed again in a classic encounter on Centre Court at Wimbledon that Konta eventually won.
Elsewhere, top seed Ashleigh Barty dropped just two games as she defeated British No. 4 Katie Boulter.
Barty came through in under an hour, winning 6-2, 6-0 to set up a semifinal with Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who defeated Romania’s Mihaela Burzanescu 6-4, 6-1.
In the men’s draw, second-seeded Alex de Minaur is safely through to the semifinals — the Australian won 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 against Canada’s Peter Polansky.
Spain’s Marcel Granollers defeated Ramkumar Ramanathan of India 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4) and will next play Britain’s Dan Evans, who defeated Brayden Schnur of Canada 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Belarussian Ilya Ivashka defeated James Ward of Britain 6-4, 6-3 to complete the semifinal lineup.