Johanna Konta reaches first clay-court final as British No 1 sweeps aside Ajla Tomljanovic at Morocco Open Johanna Konta produced a straight-sets win to reach the Morocco Open final The British No 1 won 6-2, 7-6 to book a spot in her first career clay-court final Konta looked confident during the match and is carrying on her Fed Cup formBy Press Association Sport Staff Published: 16:28 BST, 3 May 2019 | Updated: 16:28 BST, 3 May 2019 Viewcomments Johanna Konta is through to the first clay-court final of her career following a straight-sets victory over Ajla Tomljanovic at the Morocco Open in Rabat. The British No 1 swept aside fourth seed Tomljanovic 6-2, 7-6 (7) to move to within one match of a first tournament win in two years. It is the first final Konta will have contested in 10 months as her revival on clay continues to show no sign of slowing down. Johanna Konta reached her first clay-court final with a straight-sets win at the Morocco Open The British No 1 swept aside fourth seed Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2, 7-6 to reach her maiden clay final She will face the winner of Maria Sakkari or Alison Van Uytvanck in the final. Two early breaks from a confident-looking Konta secured a 4-1 lead in the opening set. Tomljanovic clawed one of them back but Konta immediately restored the double-break with some punishing service returns. The Australian improved in the second set as her unforced error count came down. But seventh seed Konta's serve rarely came under threat and she wrapped up victory with a second match point in the tie-break. Tomljanovic fought back to trouble Konta in the second set but ultimately came up short Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility