July 12, 2017
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On Tuesday, Johanna Konta became the first British Woman to reach the Wimbledon Semi-finals for 39 years, While five-times champion Venus Williams also made history as the oldest semi-finalist since 1994.
Konta thrilled the patriotic Centre Court crowd with a pulsating 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 victory that ended second seed Simona Halep's bid to become the new world number one. In a potentially classic semi-final on Thursday, Konta faces American star Venus.
Williams had her own landmark moment on Centre Court with a 6-3, 7-5 win over French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko that made her the oldest semi-finalist at the All England Club since Martina Navratulova 23 years ago.
Konta, 26, is the first Briton since Virginia Wade in 1978 to make the women's semi-finals. Wade, the last British woman to win Wimbledon in 1977, was watching from the Royal Box as Konta reached the second Grand Slam semi-final of her career.
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