Johanna Konta's Australian Open dream comes to an end but Jamie Murray makes it to the doubles final in Melbourne. Here's our review of the last 24 hours.
Johanna Konta's spectacular Australian Open ride came to an end after Germany's Angelique Kerber progressed to the final with a straight sets win.
Konta became the first British woman to play in a Grand Slam semi-final in 33 years but couldn't find a way past Kerber who won 7-5 6-2 in Melbourne.
Her run will see her rise to 47th in the world rankings after a performance that saw her end in disappointing fashion, with 36 unforced errors and conceding five breaks of serve.
It was a shaky start from Konta but she had a brief moment of hope as she fought from an early deficit to lead 5-4 in the first.
Kerber came back strong though and would only lose two more games as she wrapped up the win in an hour and 22 minutes.
While there was disappointment for Konta, Jamie Murray made his way into his third-consecutive Grand Slam doubles final with a straight sets win.
Murray and partner Bruno Soares comfortably dispatched French pair Lucas Pouille and Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-1 in Melbourne.
They will now play Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek in the final on Saturday.
"I'm starting to get the hang of this game, I think," said Murray.
"It took me a long time to understand what it took to win, and to perform at optimum level every time you step on the court.”
Rebecca Gallantree is adamant that her experience of the biggest stage will stand her in good stead as she and partner Alicia Blagg look to secure Team GB an Olympic quota spot at the Diving World Cup event in Rio next month.
Gallantree and Blagg are part of the 15-strong British squad that will travel to Brazil and compete on February 19-24 for what is the last chance to secure quota places at this summer’s Olympic Games.
“This is the final chance for Great Britain to qualify the Olympic quota which makes this one of our most important competitions of the year,” Gallantree, who won gold in the 3m springboard at the National Diving Cup last weekend ahead of Blagg, told British Swimming.
“There will be a big field at the competition and we are prepared for that with the experience that Alicia and I have.
“We are going to be taking a couple of less intense days of training before building our dives back up and making sure they are sharp ready to be at our best in Rio next month.”
Freestyle skier James Woods may already have fond memories of the Winter X Games but admits he is desperate to find further success in Aspen this week.
The Winter X Games kicks off today in the Colorado city for the 15th time and back in 2013 Woods walked away with slopestyle bronze from the event.
The 24-year-old has shown some decent form this season, winning the first World Cup slopestyle event in New Zealand before claiming a top ten finish in the Mammoth World Cup last weekend despite dislocating his jaw during qualification.
“The next event coming up is the X Games and it’s just the biggest event of the year as far as action sports is concerned,” said Woods.
“I’ve had a lot of success there in the past and I’m very proud of that but I’m a strong believer that you’re only as good as your last go.
“I want to keep my best efforts coming. I’m very happy with how my skiing is at the moment but I want to keep getting better and better and do everybody proud.”
Jess Ennis-Hill says she had a point to prove after returning to action last year and claiming World Championship gold.
The Olympic heptathlon champion took time away from the sport to give birth to her son but returned in spectacular fashion with a stellar performance in Beijing last year.
“I always knew that I wanted to come back and perform at this level” she told the Sheffield Star.
“There were people that probably thought, ‘She’s won the Olympics, she’s ready to retire’. That gave me motivation to show I can come back.”
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