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Johanna Konta is the first British woman to break into the top 10 of the world rankings in 32 years after beating Madison Keys to reach the final of the China Open.Konta, the 11th seed, overcame her American opponent 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-4 in an encounter that lasted more than two and a half hours.The 25-year-olds victory in Beijing means she will climb into the top 10 of the next WTA rankings, becoming the first British woman to achieve the feat since Jo Durie in 1984.Durie, 56, was quick to offer her best wishes to Konta, tweeting:By reaching the China Open final Konta will also move into the top eight of the Road to Singapore - the race to reach the WTA Finals later this month.Konta said in her on-court interview immediately after Saturdays victory, broadcast on BT Sport: Im definitely enjoying my time here, its my first time playing Beijing and hope to play many more times. Its a pleasure to play here.Asked what the secret was to beating eighth-seeded Keys - who made 47 unforced errors compared to 32 from the British number one - Konta said: I dont think there really is a secret. Shes such a high quality player, she has such weight of shots Im pretty sure I was cleaning the back of the court there, she was keeping me back.I really just tried to run down as many balls as I could and really just take the chances that I got.Konta, who is looking for the second WTA title of her career, said of Sundays final: Its pretty special. Im just enjoying being here, Im just trying to prolong it as long as possible and I feel very very blessed to be coming back tomorrow to play in the final.Konta will face Polands Agnieszka Radwanska in the final after the third seed beat Ukraines Elina Svitolina 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 in their semifinal. 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Freshman Miles Bridges was held to six points on 2-for-11 shooting but he grabbed 12 rebounds.BAYLOR 66, No. 4 OREGON 49WACO, Texas -- Johnathan Motley scored 17 points in his season debut and Baylor got a big early-season victory over the Oregon team playing without its preseason All-American.The Ducks (1-1) are missing Dillon Brooks, their 6-foot-7 junior forward who was their leading scorer last season but is still recovering from foot surgery during the offseason.Motley missed the season opener for Baylor (2-0) because of a one-game suspension after violating an NCAA rule by playing in an improper summer league game.The Ducks (1-1) quickly had a 3-0 lead when Chris Boucher hit from long range on the games first shot, before they missed their next six shots. After Motley made his first shot of the season and Manu Lecomtes buzzer-beating 3-pointer, Baylor never trailed again.Dylan Ennis led Oregon with 16 points, and Boucher finished with 12. Jordan Bell had 11 rebounds.No. 5 NORTH CAROLINA 93, LONG BEACH STATE 67CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Joel Berry II scored 23 points and North Carolina shot 53 percent to beat Long Beach State.Kennedy Meeks added 15 points for the Tar Heels (3-0), who scored the games first 14 points and led by 23 points by halftime. That dominating start was enough to erase any doubt about the outcome, though Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams was aggravated enough at one sloppy second-half stretch that he angrily punched a clipboard to the court during a timeout.Still, the Tar Heels -- who shot 59 percent in the opening half -- never let the 49ers closer than 16 after halftime.Gabe Levin scored 17 points for Long Beach State (1-2), who never recovered from an awful start that included making 8 of 31 shots (26 percent) in the first half. The 49ers finished at 36 percent and missed 20 of 26 3-pointers.ddddddddddddNo. 8 VIRGINIA 72, ST. FRANCIS BROOKYLN 32CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Austin Nichols scored 11 points in his Virginia debut and the Cavaliers beat St. Francis Brooklyn.The Cavaliers (2-0) held the Terriers scoreless for a stretch of more than 10 minutes in the first half and scored 20 consecutive points to open a 35-11 lead.The Terriers (0-2) ended the drought on two free throws by Yunus Hopkinson with 7.8 seconds left in the half.Nichols, a transfer from Memphis who missed Virginias two preseason scrimmages and season-opener at UNC Greensboro while serving a suspension for violating a team rule, scored on an array and shots around the basket. Jarred Reuter added nine points and London Perrantes. Marial Shayok and Mamadi Diakite each had eight for Virginia. All 11 scholarship players for the Cavaliers scored and Tony Bennett emptied his bench in the closing minutes.No. 22 CREIGHTON 79, No. 9 WISCONSIN 67OMAHA, Neb. -- Khyri Thomas scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half, breaking open a close game with a three-point play and 3-pointer on consecutive possessions, and Creighton defeated Wisconsin.Maurice Watson Jr. had 17 points and 10 assists and Marcus Foster added 15 points for the Bluejays (2-0).Bronson Koenig scored 21 points and Nigel Hayes had 16 points to lead the Badgers (1-1), who made only 3 of 26 3-pointers after starting 8 of 13 from beyond the arc.Wisconsin got within seven points in the final minute, but Justin Patton and Thomas finished off the Badgers with back-to-back dunks.Hayes, the Big Ten preseason player of the year, scored 11 points in the first 12 minutes and was held scoreless until Ethan Happ fed him for an easy lay-in with 11 minutes left in the game.No. 18 SYRACUSE 90, HOLY CROSS 46SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Andrew White scored 19 points, Tyler Lydon had 17, and Syracuse went on a 14-0 run in the first half to take control and overpower Holy Cross.Syracuse (2-0) shot 61 percent from the field and was 13 for 23 on 3-pointers. White, a fifth-year transfer from Nebraska, went 5 of 12 from beyond the arc after going 2 of 7 in the Oranges season opener against Colgate.Tyus Battle was 3 of 5 from long range, while John Gillon made two while adding 15 points, nine assists and just one turnover off the bench.Anthony Thompson had 12 points, while Robert Champion and Malachi Alexander had eight apiece for the Crusaders (0-2). The Crusaders shot just 31 percent for the game. ' ' '