Konta lets big lead slip in Tokyo

Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) and Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) finished well down the Senior British Women’s Open Amateur Championship field at Crail Golfing Society where Laura Webb from Ireland won the title by nine shots with a fourunder-par total of 140 (67-73). Sheena, with four double bogeys in her second round, scored 81 and 88 for 169 and a share of 57th place. Alison shot 84 and 97 for 191 and joint 81st place.

Carnoustie golfer Will Porter, winner of the Scottish U18 boys championship in 2015, this week recorded his best finish so far on the US college golf circuit.

Now a student at Chattanooga University, Porter, 20, finished third with scores of 66, 71 and 72 for a seven-under-par total of 209 in the Memphis Intercollegiate Championship in Tennessee.

Porter was also a member of the winning Chattanooga team, the university’s first victory since 2012.

– Medal (CSS73) – Silver – C Turner 76, G Pennycook 80bih, I Wilkie 80. Bronze – S Houston 77bih, D Knox 77bih, L Melville 77bih.

– Brown Trophy (Broomfield Course CSS70 Stableford Rd10) – S Watt (26) 29pts, A Stewart (20) 24. (Perthshire).

The under-16 team comprises Nic Hadland, Hamish Norval (Stirling Wanderers), Matt Joss, Samuel Knight, Fergus Rice, Connor Chapman, Alex Clark (Grove Menzieshill), Tom Cahalin, Hayden Thomson, Findlay Donnelly, Andrew Clark, Archie Stephen, Evan Johnston, Ollie Wilson and Samuel Gardiner (Perthshire), Eli Ross, Kai Mitchell (Dundee Wanderers) and Fraser Allan (Harris). They are coached by Callum White (Monarchs) and Kerr Thomson (Perthshire). Johanna Konta let a big lead slip away in the second set as she was beaten by Donna Vekic in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo yesterday.

The British No 1’s fragile confidence was again to the fore as, having led 4-1 with a double break, Konta, pictured, lost six of the last seven games to go down 6-3 7-5.

Camila Giorgi came from a break down in the final set to beat defending champion and top seed Caroline Wozniacki.

Trailing 2-0 in the decider, unseeded Italian Giorgi broke back immediately and won six of the last eight games to win 6-2 2-6 6-4.

Seventh seeded Australian Ashleigh Barty was beaten 6-4 6-2 by former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus while Czech Barbora Strycova beat Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 7-6 (7/5) 3-6 7-5.

At the Korea Open in Seoul, Agnieszka Radwanska bowed out in the last 16 to Irina-camelia Begu 6-4 6-3.