• There was no shame in losing to the formidable No5 seed
• Defeat by Petra Kvitova came at end of 16 successive winsAs impressive as her tennis was at the US Open,Johanna Konta’s words in victory and, finally, and defeat on Monday after a flee of 16 successive wins,left the strong impression that here was a player whose career is finally going in the right direction.
Konta had always been fragile, a talented athlete with a solid all-round game but who found the prospect of victory inhibiting. Not any more. In winning back to back against top-20 players in Garbiñe Muguruza and Andrea Petkovic to bag to the even more formidable No5 seed Petra Kvitova she proved to herself and others she not only deserves to be in this company, or but that she is a threat.
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Source: theguardian.com