Shel of a scare

I’VE PICKED UP SOME ANDY

TOP seed Angelique Kerber survived a major fright to reach the fourth round by seeing off American Shelby Rogers.

The German was a set and a break down to the world No.70 but turned the match around to run out a 4-6 7-6 6-4 winner.

Polish ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska also needed three sets to beat Timea Bacsinszky.

The Swiss was treated for a thigh problem before the final set and slumped to a 3-6 6-4 6-1 defeat.

Coco Vandeweghe, the 24th seed, has yet to drop a set after beating fellow American Alison Riske 6-2 6-4 in 74 minutes.

Seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia eased through 6-4 6-0 against Slovenia’s Polona Hercog.

Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova dispatched Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine 6-2 6-1 and Croatian Petra Martic beat Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 7-6 6-1. JOHANNA KONTA is using Sir Andy Murray’s famed fighting spirit to inspire her own charge for Wimbledon glory.

The world No.7 tomorrow faces dangerous French star Caroline Garcia, 23, in the fourth round as she aims to become the first British woman to reach the quarter-finals since Jo Durie in 1984.

And Konta, the bookies’ favourite to lift the Ladies’ title on Saturday, admits that men’s reigning champion Murray is her shining example of the exact attributes needed to reign supreme in SW19.

Asked about attempting to replicate the Scot’s HARRY PRATT renowned warrior-like instincts, Konta, 26, said: “It’s definitely something I’m trying to do.

“With the way the game is developing there are very few things now that set players apart so you really have to try and maximise every single part of yourself – mentally, physically and emotionally. “And your competitiveness is a big part of that.” As is Konta’s seemingly amazing ability to blank out all the hype surrounding her rapid rise up the WTA ladder. On court she is able to forget a bad shot in a