Fit-again Johanna Konta on form in Rome

10 May 2016 12:53

Johanna Konta shrugged off her recent health scare to breeze into the second round of the Italian Open on Tuesday.

The British number one had been forced to withdraw midway through her match against Caroline Garcia in Madrid last week due to an upper respiratory illness.

But she showed no ill effects as she took just 61 minutes to dispatch Sweden's Johanna Larsson 6-1 6-2 and book a second-round tie against seventh seed Roberta Vinci.

Konta faced just one break point in an imposing first set and despite losing serve in the second, she broke her opponent three times to cruise to victory.

Source: PA