Complex sentence: Wins against Maria Sakkari and Caroline Garcia saw her reach the quarter-finals where she defeated second seed Simona Halep and became the first British woman to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals since Virginia Wade in 1978.
Split into simpler sentences: Wins against Maria Sakkari and Caroline Garcia saw her reach the quarter-finals where she defeated second seed Simona Halep to advance to the semi-finals. Konta is the first British woman to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals since Virginia Wade in 1978.