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@Simon_Burnton The way in which Konta plays very decent tennis up to a given point in a tourney, then just rolls over and dies makes you wonder whether she’s forever thinking of the importance of the *next* match, rather than being fully in the one that she is playing …
This wasn’t as bad as the French Open, when she was absolutely phenomenal in the quarter-final but fell apart in the semi. Svitolina is a fine player who gave nothing away. But the more often Konta reaches the final stages of Grand Slams without reaching the final of one, and the more often she comes out of major matches feeling that she lost rather than being beaten, the more problems with self-belief are likely to trouble her.
Written by Simon Burnton
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/sep/03/us-open-2019-svitolina-konta-serena-williams-federer-tennis-live under the title “US Open 2019: Elina Svitolina beats Johanna Konta to reach semis – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
