Johanna Konta overwhelms Petra Kvitova to reach Eastbourne quarters

Having steadied herself to win the second set, Konta breezed through the decider as fifth seed Kvitova, wearing a strapping on her left thigh, faded.

The 25-year-old will play either Andrea Petkovic or Ekaterina Makarova in the quarter-finals.

Their match was not completed on Wednesday when rain arrived late in the day.

“Both of us were playing at a really good level in parts and struggling to keep that up in others,” British number one Konta said. “I think I just managed to string a few points together.”

Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska, runner-up last year, reached the quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-3 defeat of Eugenie Bouchard and will face Dominika Cibulkova next.