"If it is in the cards for me, it is in the cards for me, if it's not then it's not. "As long as I focus on the matches I am playing at the time, the here and the now, I will give myself the best chance of competing there. "(The race) is not something that I am actively thinking about, it is a result of something else," she told the Press Association. However, throughout her rise towards the top of the women's game over the last 12 months the 24-year-old has never spoken about her goals in a results-related manner.Īnd with such an achievement in the landscape of women's British tennis within touching distance, Konta is not about to change her way now. Konta has had a superb 2016 so far, reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open, the fourth round of the US Open, winning her first WTA Tour event and surging up the rankings, and that sees her 10th in the race, with the top eight reaching the showpiece tournament next month.Ī good run at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open this week followed by more success in Beijing next week could see her surpass Madison Keys and Carla Suarez Navarro on the leaderboard and become the first British women to qualify for the tournament since Virgina Wade in 1980. 1 Johanna Konta will not allow her philosophy on life to be compromised by her position in the race for the end-of-season finals in Singapore. Johanna Konta focused only on next match in race to Singaporeīritish No. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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