Johanna Konta sets up Caroline Wozniacki meeting at Eastbourne

Johanna Konta will face Caroline Wozniacki in the last 16 at the Nature Valley Classic after the British No 1 eased past Aleksandra Krunic.
The 13th seeded Konta secured a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over the Serbian in one hour and 15 minutes and top seed Wozniacki awaits her in the next round.
.@JohannaKonta completes the victory over Krunic!
Gets the 6-1, 6-3 win at the #NatureValleyInternational! pic.twitter.com/DJknGsTwr1
— WTA (@WTA) June 26, 2018
Third seed Petra Kvitova is also safely through after she claimed a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Kateryna Bondarenko from Ukraine while third seed Angelique Kerber was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Dominika Cibulkova.
Other seeds to advance were former French Open champion and fifth seed Jelena Ostapenko, seventh-seeded Daria Kasatkina, eighth seed Ashleigh Barty, ninth-ranked Elise Mertens, 11th seed Anastasija Sevastova and the 14th ranked Barbora Strycova.
However, a couple of seeds did crash out with the sixth-ranked Julia Goerges suffering a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss against Aryna Sabalenka and Carla Suarez Navarro, seeded 16th, going down 6-2, 6-4 to Danielle Collins.
The 10th ranked Magdalena Rybarikova retired hurt while trailling Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1 while 15th seed Daria Gavrilova from Australian was beaten 5-7, 7-6, (7-6), 6-0 by Agniezka Radwanska.
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