FORECAST
Johanna Konta played the best match of her career in a 6-1, 6-4 win over her next opponent Sloane Stephens at Roland-Garros last month and history is on her side here with three wins from three against America, especially all that has been played this year . Stephens will regret seeing England's number one so quickly after leaving his last two tournaments with his hands. This was their first meeting on the grass, but Konta had to win with a crowd of houses behind him.
Preview of Sloane Stephens vs. Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta has a successful clay court season culminating in reaching the semi-finals at the French Open. He is England's main hope for success in this tournament and is the 19th seed after rising recently. Konta did not do well in the grass-warming tournament but has done well so far at Wimbledon with wins over Ana Bogdan and Katerina Siniakova. Hopefully he won't play Banana Grams too often ahead of this third round match, he's obsessed with the game. Konta only made it through the second round of this tournament once before and that's when it reached the top four in 2017. He met Sloane Stephens three times before this year and all were won by English players with only one set gone.
Sloane Stephens is ranked ninth but has not had a good Wimbledon record. America only reached the quarter-finals once and that was six years ago. Three times in the last four years he was eliminated in the first round and never made it past the third round. So far this year, Stephens has won two consecutive wins to reach this third round. The warm-up tournament on the grass also didn't work well because it lost to Jelena Ostapenka. With three defeats from Konta this year and having to face him at home, higher seed has a difficult task in his hands. Go for Konta to please his home fans with victory in this game.
Key points Sloane Stephens vs Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta has won three previous meetings with Sloane Stephens, this year.
Sloane Stephens only won one set in the previous three matches against Konta.
Sloane Stephens only made it through the third round at Wimbledon on one previous occasion.
Betting odds
Johanna Konta -> 2.62
Johanna Konta -> 1.50
