Johanna Konta eases to Viking Open victory
3 years, 6 months ago

Johanna Konta eases to Viking Open victory

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British number one Johanna Konta has won her fourth WTA Tour title after claiming the Viking Open in Nottingham. Konta had not won a tournament since the Miami Open in 2017, but she put that right by beating Chinese player Zhang Shuai 6-2 6-1 in Sunday’s final. In winning she becomes the first British woman to win a singles event in this country in 40 years and it comes after two previous defeats in the final at this event.

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On this day in 2016: Johanna Konta breaks into world’s top 10
1 year, 3 months ago

On this day in 2016: Johanna Konta breaks into world’s top 10

The Independent  

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A look at some of Johanna Konta’s best matches as she retires from tennis
3 years, 1 month ago

A look at some of Johanna Konta’s best matches as she retires from tennis

The Independent  

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WTA Finals: Kontaveit beats Krejcikova in opener
3 years, 1 month ago

WTA Finals: Kontaveit beats Krejcikova in opener

The Hindu  

Anett Kontaveit extended her hot streak with a 6-3, 6-4 win over second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova on Wednesday in the opening match at the WTA Finals. Kontaveit has won 27 of her last 29 matches, which include her title run at Ostrava where she beat Paula Badosa and Maria Sakkari, both of whom are competing in the season-ending WTA Finals. “I’ve …

Kontaveit defeats Sakkari to win Ostrava Open title
3 years, 3 months ago

Kontaveit defeats Sakkari to win Ostrava Open title

The Hindu  

Unseeded Anett Kontaveit cruised past fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-2, 7-5 to win the Ostrava Open on Sunday for her third WTA title. Both players held their serve until the Estonian built a 40-0 lead in the 12th game of the second set before converting her first match point with a forehand winner. In her fourth final this season, Kontaveit hit …

Britain's Johanna Konta wins Nottingham Open
3 years, 6 months ago

Britain's Johanna Konta wins Nottingham Open

The Hindu  

Britain's Johanna Konta beat Zhang Shuai of China 6-2, 6-1 in the Nottingham Open final on Sunday, becoming the first British woman to win a tournament on home soil in 40 years. READ | She became the first British woman to win a tournament in Britain since Sue Barker in Brighton in 1981. "It's quite an amazing stat," said Konta, …

Johanna Konta ends long wait for home victory with Nottingham triumph
3 years, 6 months ago

Johanna Konta ends long wait for home victory with Nottingham triumph

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Johanna Konta gets back to winning ways just in time for Wimbledon
3 years, 6 months ago

Johanna Konta gets back to winning ways just in time for Wimbledon

Daily Mail  

Dispensing with her coach just before the grass court season appears to have done little harm to Jo Konta. Konta, who split with Frenchman Dimitri Zavialoff after her first-round exit at Roland Garros, beat Belgium’s Alison Van Uytvanck 6-3, 7-6 to make this event’s last four for the third time. Johanna Konta is through to the Viking open semi-final after …

Jo Konta is beaten in three sets by Victoria Azarenka
4 years, 4 months ago

Jo Konta is beaten in three sets by Victoria Azarenka

Daily Mail  

A month on from losing her first post-lockdown match to British youngster Jodie Burrage, Jo Konta went toe-to-toe last night with the rejuvenated former world number one Victoria Azarenka. On the quick and freshly-laid New York courts she looks in good shape for her clash with national number two Heather Watson in the first round of the coming Grand Slam, …

WTA: Kenin, Svitolina make Lyon and Monterrey final respectively
4 years, 10 months ago

WTA: Kenin, Svitolina make Lyon and Monterrey final respectively

The Hindu  

Sofia Kenin will face the unseeded Anna-Lena Friedsam in the final of the Lyon Open after battling to victory in three sets against Alison van Uytvanck. But the world number five, who is the top seed in Lyon, held firm to prevail 7-6 6-7 7-6 and reach a sixth career final. - Svitolina surges into Monterrey final, Konta beaten - …

US Open 2019: Elina Svitolina’s determination and discipline take her to first semi-final at Flushing Meadows
5 years, 4 months ago

US Open 2019: Elina Svitolina’s determination and discipline take her to first semi-final at Flushing Meadows

Firstpost  

Elina Svitolina’s trump card is her discipline. It doesn’t drive crowds to the stands, and it certainly didn’t when she played Johanna Konta at the US Open 2019, Elina Svitolina, Johanna Konta, US Open Quarter-final, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Tennis, Sports on a Tuesday morning. Towards the end of the set, Svitolina had started anticipating Konta’s attempts and drop shots and …

Johanna Konta suffers agonising defeat as Marketa Vondrousova advances to French Open 2019 final
5 years, 7 months ago

Johanna Konta suffers agonising defeat as Marketa Vondrousova advances to French Open 2019 final

The Telegraph  

We thought Johanna Konta had learned to manage her tendency to tense up at the decisive moments in matches. Playing a 19-year-old opponent in the Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova, Konta served for both sets but botched her opportunities and slumped to a bitter 7-5, 7-6 defeat. As she stood within touching distance of her first slam final – and the …

Cakewalk for Johanna Konta
5 years, 7 months ago

Cakewalk for Johanna Konta

Deccan Chronicle  

Paris: Johanna Konta became the first British woman in 36 years to reach the Roland Garros semi-finals on Tuesday in a performance which left US legend and seven-time Paris champion Chris Evert “speechless”. “Jo Konta, I take my hat off to you, I have never seen her play that kind of tennis, she would’ve beaten anybody the way she played …

Smokin' Johanna Konta crushes Donna Vekic to reach French Open last eight
5 years, 7 months ago

Smokin' Johanna Konta crushes Donna Vekic to reach French Open last eight

Daily Mail  

It is a tale of the unexpected that the grass court season begins with a British singles player still otherwise occupied at the French Open. The latest stage of Konta's odyssey to the last eight involved the high-class demolition of world No 22 Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-4, and she will now meet America's Sloane Stephens. Johanna Konta beat Donna Vekic …

British No 1 Jo Konta beats American Lauren Davis to reach the French Open third round
5 years, 7 months ago

British No 1 Jo Konta beats American Lauren Davis to reach the French Open third round

Daily Mail  

You wait years for a win in the main draw at the French Open and then two come along at once. The British No 1 came off court last night to find out that her expected third-round opponent, fourth seed and title contender Kiki Bertens, had been forced to retire early in her second-round match. Jo Konta claimed a hard-fought …

Madrid Open 2019: Naomi Osaka could lose world No 1 ranking after shock defeat to Belinda Bencic
5 years, 8 months ago

Madrid Open 2019: Naomi Osaka could lose world No 1 ranking after shock defeat to Belinda Bencic

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