“Worst Illness”: Johanna Konta on COVID-19 Experience Leading Wimbledon and Olympics Pull Out

British tennis player Johanna Konta has made quite a name for herself in the women’s game. Over the years, she has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour and has managed to win 11 titles at the ITF level in singles. 

Johanna Konta has been missing in action over the last month. She was one of the latest victims of the COVID-19 illness. It got the better of her and she went on to call it the worst illness ever. In an interview with the Associated Press, she stated, “Definitely the worst illness I’ve experienced for a very long time.”

Johanna Konta missed two important events 

Unfortunately, due to the illness, Konta was unable to compete in her home event at the Wimbledon Championships, a place where she has enjoyed tremendous success over the years. Along with that, she was forced to skip the Tokyo Olympics, which must’ve hurt because it’s an event that happens once in four years. 

This season, she began by competing at the Australian Open but lost in the opening round. After that, she failed to impress during the clay season, barely being able to go past the first round in a couple of events. 

However, there were encouraging signs for her as the grass season arrived. She was the finalist at the Nottingham Open and even won the title, but then came the illness of COVID-19. 

Now that she is back to competing on the hardcourts in the North American region, one hopes she can get back to winning ways. It will be interesting to see how she performs at the final Grand Slam event of the season, the US Open. 

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