Konta, Wozniacki show staying power

Johanna Konta became the first British woman to reach a Miami Open final when she outlasted American veteran Venus Williams 6-4, 7-5 early on Friday morning.

The clock had ticked past midnight and most of the crowd had departed before Konta eventually put away the 36-year-old Williams after more than two hours of attritional tennis at Crandon Park.

The 10th seed will play Caroline Wozniacki in Saturday's final after the Danish 12th seed won an even longer semifinal, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 against second seed Karolina Pliskova to kick off the day's action.