Johanna Konta fights back from a set down to set up Venus Williams clash in Wimbledon semi-finals

Johanna Konta battled back from from the brink to win a three-set thriller against Simona Halep and become Britain's first women's singles semi-finalist at Wimbledon since 1978.

Johanna Konta fights back from a set down to set up Venus Williams clash in Wimbledon semi-finals

Johanna Konta battled back from from the brink to win a three-set thriller against Simona Halep and become Britain's first women's singles semi-finalist at Wimbledon since 1978.

It is 39 years since Virginia Wade reached the last four at the All England Club and Konta now stands just two wins away from matching Wade's more notable feat of a year earlier, when she was crowned the Wimbledon champion.

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