Konta cruises into first clay court final

Johanna Konta is through to the first clay court final of her career following a straight- sets victory over Ajla Tomljanovic at t he Morocco Open in Rabat.

The British No 1 swept aside four th seed Tomljanovic 6- 2, 7- 6 ( 7) to move to within one match of a first tournament win i n two years.

A c o n f i d e n t - l o o k i n g Konta secured the openi ng set with some ease. Australian Tomljanovic improved in the second set as her unforced error count came down but seventhseed Konta’s ser ve rarely came under threat and she wrapped up victory with a second match point in the tie- break.