Konta through to Semi Final

[downham seagull]

That was more down to her being injured than being rubbish. Look at Laura Robson's rankings drop due to injury: Highest ranking 27 (8 July 2013), Current ranking 741 (9 January 2016).

If Memory serves me right she briefly broke into the top 100 in 2014 but lost in the first round on the US Open that year and failed to defend her ranking points gained so that's why she slipped down to 145. No compassion with Laura Robson who has been out for 18 months pretty much.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Lost the semi in 2 sets. Bloody immigrants, coming over here, taking our role of plucky losers.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Lost the semi in 2 sets. Bloody immigrants, coming over here, taking our role of plucky losers.

Aye she's a true Brit now

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Absolutely this.

Tennis players succeed in this country in spite of the LTA, not because of them.

Shambolic organisation, just concerned with their own egos, thinking that a (financially) successful Wimbledon tournament is the be-all and end-all.

Can't speak for tennis but in cricket, the creation of the ECB to replace the old TCCB in 1997 - sounds like this is what the LTA need to do.
ECB do so much now for grass roots and minorities cricket which the TCCB never had any interest in.
Test stars of today now recognise the coaching they received as kids as essential to their pathway to the top.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Lost the semi in 2 sets. Bloody immigrants, coming over here, taking our role of plucky losers.

The Stupid Hungarian tw*t!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Johanna Konta has beaten Venus Williams to get to the final of the Miami Open.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39450661

 

[Simster]

The Stupid Hungarian tw*t!

Proper true-grit Brit*. Magnificent performance.

Considering Miami is one of the biggest tour dates outside the 4 grand slams (and arguably, Indian Wells), this is a fantastic effort.






*until she loses the final

 

[Justice]

Britain's Johanna Konta won with a straight-sets win over China's Zhang Shuai in the quarter-finals.
The unseeded 24-year-old is through winning 6-4 6-1 to become the first British woman to reach a Grand Slam semi-final since Jo Durie in 1983

Miami open isnt a grand slam.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Miami open isnt a grand slam.

Indeed. But the 2016 Australian Open was (which was what the OP referred to...)

 

[Justice]

Indeed. But the 2016 Australian Open was (which was what the OP referred to...)

Could of explained it better then.

 

[dazzer6666]

Could of explained it better then.

What needed explaining ? That post was from January !

 

[Papa Lazarou]

What needed explaining ? That post was from January !

At the time of the Australian Open

 

[Badger Boy]

Could of explained it better then.

It's ironic you have "Dangerous Idiot" as your custom title.

Nailed it.

 

[Simster]

Could of explained it better then.

Proper irony right there.

 

[Justice]

What needed explaining ? That post was from January !

Missed that bit

 

[Justice]

Proper irony right there.

Don't be a grammar knob.

 

[Simster]

Don't be a grammar knob.

Don't be a fckwit then.

You're the one who made the original mistake anyway.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Don't be a fckwit then.

You're the one who made the original mistake anyway.

Exactly. I didn't want to start a brand new thread about Konta, so I bounced an old one, to post about her latest achievement. People then jump in without noticing the dates.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

An Australian immigrant with Hungarian parents, like mo Farrah, a Somali immigrant representing the U.K.

Farrage will be crapping himself.

Send em all home, we are used to losers.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Go Jo for 2moro!