Johanna Konta pulls out of Connecticut Open with a virus ahead of US Open

Johanna Konta has withdrawn from the Connecticut Open due to a viral illness with the US Open less than a week away.

The 27-year-old, who beat German Laura Siegemund 6-2 7-5 on Monday, was scheduled to face Carla Suarez Navarro but tournament organisers announced she had pulled out beforehand, giving her opponent a walkover win to the quarter-finals.

Konta, who is currently ranked 43rd in the world after dropping from her No.4 ranking from July last year, is scheduled to compete in next week's US Open, which begins on Monday.

The British number one is unseeded for the tournament at Flushing Meadows, where she has never got past the fourth round.

She did, however, inflict the heaviest defeat of 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams's career earlier this month when she thrashed the American 6-1, 6-0 in San Jose.

Additional reporting from the Press Association