Johanna Konta thumped out by Garbine Muguruza

England's Johanna Konta was thumped out of the Australian Open in a second-round match against Garbine Muguruza which completed at 03:12 neighbourhood time. 

Konta, 27, lost 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 in Melbourne in one of the most recent completes in the competition's history.

Spaniard Muguruza, 25, scratched a tight last set before around 250 outstanding fans on Margaret Court Arena.

"I don't concur with competitors having to physically strive very early on," Konta said.

"I don't think it is sound - in reality, it is very perilous.

"Be that as it may, Garbine and I were both similarly situated and, with the conditions, we truly put on an incredible match and it's only a disgrace more individuals couldn't appreciate it."

Konta's thrashing implies there are no British players left in the singles in Melbourne.

She said she and Muguruza were not given the choice to delay the match until day five.

The most recent completion in Australian Open history is a 2008 third-round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis that finished at 04:34.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Muguruza took her first match point to win in two hours 42 minutes.

"I can't accept there are people watching us at 3:15am," the previous world number one said.

"We play for you all viewing - generally for what reason would we say we are here?

"It was extremely intense. Johanna played great, serving unfathomably and hitting top dogs. I simply endeavoured to keep it together."

Konta pipped in a match which neither had the right to lose

The players did not leave to Melbourne Park's second show court until 00:22 neighbourhood time after the last match of the day was pushed back because of Kei Nishikori's success over Ivo Karlovic and Alexander Zverev's triumph against Jeremy Chardy, with both taking just about four hours.

At the point when the match among Zverev and Chardy went into a fifth set, competition coordinators were wanting to change the match to court three - yet stopped that arrangement with fourth seed Zverev rattling towards triumph.

English number one Konta tossed the principal ball at 00:30 nearby time in what was a frightful air before a meagre group in the 10,000-situate field.

Regardless of the upheld pause, the two ladies created a superb match in which they gave notices of their families subsequent to tumbling down the rankings as of late.

The match could have swung in any case, with thrashing unforgiving on whoever wound up the washout.

Konta hit a forehand into the net after Muguruza raised the stakes to secure triumph with just the second break of the match.

England's last singles trust withdraws from

Seven Britons, including Andy Murray and men's main Kyle Edmund, were thumped out in the opening three days of the principal Grand Slam of the year.

Konta presently positioned 38th on the planet, achieved the Melbourne semi-finals in 2016 however an articulated plunge in the frame saw her drop as low as 50th on the planet the previous summer.

Regardless of the idea of the thrashing, she will take support from a standout amongst her best exhibitions as of late.

Konta made a moderate begin, losing her serve in the opening amusement and was not able to win a point on Muguruza's initial two administration diversions.

However, she developed into the challenge and coordinated Muguruza's capacity in an engaging fight.

Konta hit 13 champs in the principal set as she assaulted, however, was not able to proselyte a break point for 3-4 when she missed a cross-court forehand - one of 13 unforced mistakes which eventually demonstrated the distinction in that set.

Both missed break focuses in a tight second set - Konta in the fourth amusement and Muguruza in the ninth - prompting a tie-bill.

Konta earned a smaller than expected break with a magnificent profound strike, moved to the verge with an expert down the centre for 6-3, at that point brought the match into a decider with a forehand victor.

Serve kept on overwhelming in the last set, with Konta winning 31% of accepting focuses and Muguruza's 29%, and not a solitary break point on offer.

The last set attach break looked bound to settle the match until Muguruza seized control.

Johanna Konta ought to request to play in the early hours of each morning. To lose such an extraordinary match by such a tight edge may sting for the time being, yet this was the best match I have seen her play in a year and a half.

Konta served brilliantly and coordinated Muguruza's animosity by striking the ball similarly as effectively and neatly. In a commendable second-set tie-break, a strike cross-court champ was the feature, a full-throttle forehand restores the clincher.

Muguruza merits colossal credit for finishing off the match with two tasteful returns - it is simply such a disgrace so few were viewing.

There ought to have been 7,500 spellbound fans inside the field, instead of a couple of hundred-night owls.