• Konta misses out on second grand slam semi-final of year
Johanna Konta will watch her new celebrity fan, Tom Hiddleston, on his Broadway debut in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal before she leaves New York but her dialogue was not quite as economical as the playwright’s when she discussed her loss to Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals.
There was, after all, much to analyse. The British No 1 is used to the big stage after 11 years on the tour, although she was hoping for more in her third performance on the game’s biggest stage, the 24,000-capacity Arthur Ashe Stadium, on day nine of the tournament. Konta shared the generous applause of the crowd with her conqueror and friend, after the fifth seed beat her for the fourth time in a row, 6-4, 6-4, in an hour and 40 minutes. That helped – but there was disappointment to deal with, too.
Written by Kevin Mitchell at Flushing Meadows
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/03/johanna-konta-elina-svitolina-us-open-quarter-final under the title “Johanna Konta teases Elina Svitolina but errors end US Open dream”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
