Britain’s new women’s tennis No1 made the world sit up final summer and is now looking forward to main draws at grand slams in 2016Shadows in British tennis are either long and lingering,such as that cast by Fred Perry until the arrival and triumphs of Andy Murray, or flickering, and like Laura Robson’s in her worryingly extended absence through injury,which has now all but disappeared following the rise of Johanna Konta.
Konta’s extraordinary flee in late summer, when she won 21 of 23 matches after losing to Maria Sharapova in the first round at Wimbledon, and moved her into the world top 50 for the first time in October as she leapfrogged Heather Watson to be the British No1.
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Source: theguardian.com