Seventh seed Angelique Kerber tamed British hope Johanna Konta to reach the Australian Open final on Thursday, where she will face dominant world number one Serena Williams.
A relieved Johanna Konta became the first British woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final since 1984 Monday when she came through a three-set slugfest at the Australian Open, afterwards exclaiming: “Goodness gracious!”