Johanna Konta: Golden opportunity missed at Wimbledon
Johanna Konta: Golden opportunity missed at Wimbledon

Wimbledon 2019: Johanna Konta hits out at press after losing quarter-final clash to Barbora Strycova


Johanna Konta denied she had spurned a golden opportunity after losing to Barbora Strycova in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

The British number one deserved huge credit for getting to the last eight at a second consecutive grand slam but, as in the semi-finals of the French Open, when the favourite's tag was on her, Konta was found wanting.

Strycova plays a similar game to her fellow Czech Marketa Vondrousova, who was Konta's conqueror in Paris, and there was an all-too familiar feeling as the 28-year-old let an early lead slip away before going down 7-6 (5) 6-1.

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