Johanna Konta has played down an injury scare ahead of Wimbledon after just missing out on a place in the Eastbourne final.

The British No.1 was in tears following a fall during her semi-final defeat by Karolina Pliskova at the Aegon International.

Konta has declared herself fit, with no lasting damage to her right ankle, for the All England Club next week where she is seeded 16.

The alarming moment came as she tried to recover from 3-0 down in the second set against her Czech opponent.

She lost her footing on the baseline and, after taking time to regroup, was in tears at the changeover as she chatted with her coach.

Konta said: “It was quite an aggressive fall, the way it happened, so it rattled me. It was a bit of a shock but nothing major happened.

“I was fine after. The crying happened just because of the shock of the fall. It really did shock me, because of the way my leg twisted. I tend to cry when I’m shocked. I was only limping straight after because of the way the fall happened. I couldn’t quite actually get up, because my body was in spasm a bit but I’m fine.”

Konta was beaten 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 by Pliskova, depriving her of a first final appearance on the WTA tour in her home town tournament.

The 11th seed and world No.18 defeated Ekaterina Makarova in their rain-delayed quarter-final earlier in the day and Konta said after reaching the last eight last year when she was ranked 146: “It’s been pretty spectacular again. I played a bunch of good matches against reasonably good players. I got to stay at home that much longer. Overall it has been a very happy and positive week.”

Konta faces a tricky Wimbledon first round clash against world No.43 Puerto Rican Monica Puig, who lost in the other semi-final to Dominika Cibulkova.

Konta said: “She’s played well, made the semis here as well. We played once previously on the grass and it was a close match then. So I’ll expect nothing but it being tough.”