Rogers Cup: Johanna Konta misses chance to break into WTA top 10 as winning streak comes to an end

Kristina Kucova beat Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-3 to prevent the Stanford champion becoming the first British female to break into the WTA top 10 for nearly 32 years

Johanna Konta suffered a quarter-final defeat at the Rogers Cup by Kristina Kucova (Getty)

Johanna Konta missed out on becoming the first British woman to break into the Women's Tennis Association's top 10 rankings for nearly 32 years on Friday night.

The 25-year-old was in prime form going into her Rogers Cup quarter-final against Kristina Kucova - but paid for too many unforced errors against the qualifier, going down 6-4 6-3.

Konta won her maiden WTA Tour title in Stanford last week and advanced to the last eight of this week's event in Montreal on the back of victories over Shelby Rogers, Vania King and Varvara Lepchenko.

Konta paid the price for too many unforced errors (Getty)

However, her bid to become the first British woman in the WTA's top 10 since Jo Durie in August 1984 ended in a disappointing defeat.

Her Slovakian opponent settled the quickest and broke in the sixth game of the first set - although Konta hit back in the ninth.

The Sydney-born Briton saved three set points in the 10th game but Kucova regained her composure to take the set 6-4.

Kristina Kucova reacts to beating Konta in the Rogers Cup quarter-final (Getty)

Konta was broken in the fourth game of the second set and her frustration was clear in the fifth game when she screamed in frustration after seeing a chance to break back disappear.

Despite using the drop shot to good effect, Konta was unable to find another break and Kucova took her second match point to wrap up victory in an hour and 31 minutes and set up a semi-final against the United States' Madison Keys.

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