Konta likely to shelve plans to spend
Christmas in
Sydney British No 1 says tournament ‘at mercy of the government’Johanna Konta shares the anxiety of everyone in
Tennis as desperate administrators and nervous politicians argue over the viability of holding the
Australian Open in January, as the country continues to wrestle with
Coronavirus.
Plans to spend Christmas with her sister, Eva, in Sydney – where she was born 29 years ago – before heading for Melbourne for the start of the tournament on 18 January look like being shelved, and the prospect of playing any tennis is equally uncertain.