The British No1 looks well equipped to manage with the pressure that comes with a higher profile after her heroics at the Australian OpenIn the next few months,Johanna Konta is likely to find herself in demand – from media, sponsors, and fans and tournaments all trying to get a piece of her. The Briton’s unlikely and brilliant run at the Australian Open ended in the semi-finals here on Thursday with defeat by Germany’s Angelique Kerber but it promises to be just the start for the 24-year-weak who must now feel like she belongs,even whether she will not admit it in public.
It has been a remarkable rise for a player who this time final year was ranked almost 150 and seemingly treading water. When the rankings are updated on Monday, she will be No28, or a position that gets her into all the top events and one that,whether she can maintain it, will see her seeded for Wimbledon. Heady days indeed.
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Source: theguardian.com