Johanna Konta continues to impress as world number two Simona Halep is brushed aside at the Wuhan Open. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours.
Johanna Konta admitted taking her chances at the crucial moments had proved key after recording the best victory of her career against world number two Simona Halep.
Konta became the first British woman since Sue Barker in 1981 to defeat a player ranked second in the world after she came through 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 at the Wuhan Open.
The 24-year-old had been 5-1 down in the final set but staged a superb fightback to come out on top and book her place in the quarter-finals where she will face former world number one Venus Williams.
Konta has been in superb form this year, winning 21 of her previous 22 matches.
She began the year ranked 150th but has risen rapidly up the rankings and will replace Heater Watson, currently 60th in the world, as British number one next week.
"It was a very tough match," said Konta.
"Halep played at an unbelievable level. I was really happy I was able to take a few of the chances I created."
Great Britain performance director Gary Hall has challenged his fighters to rise to the occasion after naming his squad for the World Taekwondo Federation World Grand Prix in Manchester.
In total, 16 British athletes will be in action for the event from October 16-18 in what will represent the final competitive outing on home soil before next summer's Rio Olympic Games.
Of that number, six are wild cards while the likes of Olympic champion Jade Jones and world gold medallist Bianca Walkden are just some of the main medal hopes for the host nation.
Jones has already qualified the -57kg spot for her country but will be looking to go one step further than the silver she won at last year's World Grand Prix in Manchester.
And with Olympic ranking points at stake plus the chance to impress selectors long term, Hall was looking forward to seeing what his athletes produce.
"There will be top players in every category so it will be a tough challenge. But our athletes will love that," he said.
"This tournament is important on so many fronts. Jade has qualified a spot at -57kg for Rio but it is still very close in some categories.
"The athletes are also fighting for the future because these ranking points will carry over into the next Olympic cycle. So, for the wilds cards we've selected, it is important for them to make a mark early doors so they can get into next year's Grand Prix.
"Our team did extremely well at the last Grand Prix in Turkey, particularly the girls who absolutely smashed it.
"Now, it's Manchester and the team is really up for it. It is going to be a massive three days for us."
London 2012 Olympian Lee Merrien insists his chances of trying to make the team for Rio 2016 are improving all time after making his international marathon return last weekend.
Guernsey runner Merrien finished 30th in London three years ago but has found his chances hindered by injury since then.
He was absent for almost a year of racing due to a stress fracture in his back and missed the 2014 Commonwealth Games as a result.
His first half marathon in over 12 months came when he won silver at this summer's Island games while last weekend he completed his first 26-mile race since London when he took part in the Berlin Marathon.
The 36-year-old clocked a time of two hours, 15 minutes, 30 seconds for 26th place although he will need to run under 2:14:00 to be in contention for Rio – something he believes is within his grasp.
"I think I'm in shape to run faster than 2:15:30 gave me credit for," Merrien told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"But having had the last six months of reasonable training, having had two years on and off of very interrupted training, I can now start my next six months when I'll tackle another marathon with a much better starting point so I can build on that fitness.
"There's a lot of people out there, people always spring out of the woodwork in terms of the Olympics as it's only once every four years.
"The obvious people are the likes of Scott Overall, who's already got the time and is likely to be going and there's one or two others that are very good marathon runners too who'll be pushing to try to get the qualifying standard.
"But I can only focus on what I do and I'm just focussing on training hard to make that extra time up that I need and I believe I can get.
"If that gets me inside the qualifying time and I happen to be one of the three fastest people in the country then that will get me picked, so that's the goal really."
Sportsbeat 2015