Johanna Konta easily beaten by Olga Savchuk

Johanna Konta has bowed out of qualifying for the Australian Open after losing to Olga Savchuk in straight sets.

The 22-year-old, who was born in Sydney, was seeded number three for the qualifying draw, and had been expected to come through with a win against the world number 187.

However, Konta started the match slowly, and she never recovered from losing the opening set 6-1 inside 28 minutes.

Konta twice held serve at the start of the second, but Savchuk quickly regained control to record a 6-1 6-2 win.