Konjuh Stuns Radwanska To Reach US Open Quarter-finals

NEW YORK, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -6th Sept,2016) - Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh stunned fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-4 on Monday, avenging a bitter Wimbledon disappointment and reaching the quarter-finals of the US Open.

The 18-year-old, who has made it past the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time, next faces 10th-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova, a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) winner over Venus Williams. The victory over Radwanska was sweet revenge for Konjuh, who held three match points against the Pole in the second round at Wimbledon but eventually lost 9-7 in the third set after stepping on a ball and turning her ankle.

It was another blow for a player who starred as a junior, winning Australian Open and US Open junior titles in 2013, before she was slowed by elbow surgery in 2014. "I'm still young. I still need to experience things," she said.

"I think I didn't have that many matches as I should. It was tough to come back every time. But, you know, here I am in the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam, so I cannot complain."