• Konta loses tight quarter-final 6-4, 6-4 in New York• Konta misses out on second grand slam semi-final of yearHistory came calling for Johanna Konta but, despite another sound performance to go with four impressive wins in the first week, she was not able to respond in two tight sets against her friend Elina Svitolina, the fifth seed.
Konta leaves
New York one win short of joining Jo Durie,
Virginia Wade and Ann Jones as female
US Open semi-finalists from Britain. She was also hunting a fourth grand slam semi-final place, to go with those she has reached in Melbourne,
Paris and Wimbledon.