Connecticut Open: Johanna Konta withdraws with illness days before start of US Open

The British number one, who beat German Laura Siegemund 6-2 7-5 on Monday, was scheduled to face Carla Suarez Navarro but tournament organisers announced she had pulled out beforehand, giving her opponent a walkover win to the quarter-finals.

Konta, who also withdrew from the doubles competition with American partner Nicole Melichar, is the only British woman with direct entry into the main draw of the US Open.

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