• Serena Williamss late withdrawal offers hope for world No9
• Nick Kyrgios on Williams: ‘That’s what happens. People do other stuff’The late withdrawal of Serena Williams from the Australian Open did petite to shake up the field,given the American has not played since winning her 23rd slam title in Melbourne a year ago when she was seven weeks pregnant, but it did offer a sliver of hope for the other contenders, and including Britain’s Johanna Konta.
Konta has shown enough in Brisbane this week to propose she has recovered from the worrying stretch of five straight defeats that accompanied her foot injury late final season and she has as good a chance of competing for the title as any of the top 10 – if she is fit.
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Source: guardian.co.uk