Johanna Konta leaves the Australian Open proud of her achievements despite missing out on a maiden Grand Slam final.
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The Murray-Konta success marked the first British male-female Melbourne double since John Lloyd and Sue Barker in 1977.
Kerber told Channel 7 she couldn’t believe she had won the match.
“She (Kerber) took out a really tough opponent in Victoria (Azarenka)”. It’s not happened for a long time.
Jamie Murray and Brazil’s Bruno Soares are through to the men’s doubles final at the Australian Open after a 6-3, 6-1 win over the French team of Adrian Mannarino and Lucas Pouille.
Murray has now won his last six matches against Ferrer.
Kerber and Konta will both bid to break new ground and join either Serena Williams or Agnieszka Radwanska in the women’s final at the Australian Open in the second semi-final in Melbourne.
With the roof closed on Rod Laver Arena because of rain showers in the area, Williams broke Radwanska’s service to open the match and was rarely troubled in the 21-minute set. “You must hit a good return against David, he’s so accurate”. I will try to not thinking against who I’m playing. “She has to add more variety to her game to combat that”. The 24-year-old tennis player who was born in Australia to Hungarian parents and moved to England as a teen, however, considers herself fully British.
“I just will go back, keep working hard, keep improving the things that I want to improve and keep enjoying what I’m doing”.
“I think I was a little bit too flat today”.
Murray, who led Great Britain to Davis Cup glory in November, said: “I think it as well shows that anything is possible having the right people around you and the right attitude and the right work ethic”.
“Actually I am a tri-citizen”, she said. And, as cold as that sounds and whatever it really amounts to and as much as it confounds her inquisitors, the control she has wrought over her emotions on the tennis court through the discipline of self-knowledge has transformed her as a player – and probably as a person.
“I just wanted to make sure I was executing to the best of my ability what I wanted to get done out there”. I felt very comfortable.
Konta will seek to continue her fairytale run when she takes on German seventh seed Angelique Kerber for a place in the final.
Britain’s Johanna Konta plays Angelique Kerber in the second semifinal, with the victor facing Williams in Saturday night’s championship match.
“When I play Roger it’s something that is expected, in a way, considering his career and his greatness on and off the court”, Djokovic said.
After the first set, it was all downhill for the 133rd- ranked Chinese, who tumbled quickly to a relentless attack from Konta.
“I can’t describe it in words”.
The American held and then won seven points in a row, including three consecutive aces, to open up a triple match point.
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Wade said on Eurosport: “It’s a combination of the confidence you build from winning some matches, and she likes her home towns – she started off playing so well at Eastbourne which is where she lives and now she’s feeling at home with the Australian background that she has”. “It’s just the way it is and it feels really natural”.
