Australian Open 2019: Johanna Konta through after epic tussle with Ajla Tomljanovic
- From the section Tennis
| Australian Open 2019 |
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| Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 14-27 January |
| Coverage: Daily live commentaries on the BBC Sport website, listen to Tennis Breakfast daily from 07:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and watch highlights on BBC TV and online from 19 January. |
Johanna Konta boosted British hopes at the Australian Open with a titanic three-set win over home player Ajla Tomljanovic in Melbourne.
The British number one, 28, won a final-set tie-break to edge a finely-balanced match.
She joins Katie Boutler and Dan Evans in round two after a 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 7-6 (10-7) win.
Konta will play either two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza or China's Saisai Zheng next.
Konta, who reached a career-high ranking of four in 2017, is left as the nation's leading contender following exits for Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund on Monday.
Now ranked 38th in the world, she showed flashes of the form which helped her reach the 2016 semi-finals in Melbourne.
More to follow.
