Konta defeats ninth seed Muguruza in historic US Open epic
Garbine Muguruza, the 2015 Wimbledon finalist, suffered a surprise US Open exit at the hands of Johanna Konta in the second round.
Johanna Konta extended her winning streak to 15 matches as she dumped ninth seed Garbine Muguruza out to create a slice of US Open history on Thursday.
In the longest women's match at the grand slam event since tie-breaks were introduced in 1970, qualifier Konta celebrated a 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 triumph over this year's beaten Wimbledon finalist.
Victory at Flushing Meadows – which was sealed in three hours and 23 minutes – also means Konta is through to the third round at the US Open for the first time in career, where she will face Andrea Petkovic.
An 80-minute opening set eventually went Konta's way when the world number 97 forced the decisive mini-break at 4-4 in the tie-break.
But Muguruza took it to a decider by digging deep at 2-1 down in the second set tie-break, only to see her hard work unravel in her opening two services games of the third and final set.
Konta raced into a 3-0 lead and the Briton successfully served out the match.