British No 1 missed SW19 and Olympics in Covid-hit summerKonta faces Kristina Mladenovic in
US Open on MondayJohanna Konta has opened up about her torrid, Covid-19-affected summer, during which she was withdrawn from
Wimbledon on the eve of the tournament as a close contact of an infected team member. The
British No 1 then contracted the virus herself, ruling her out of the Olympics.
Although she watched the Tokyo Games, Konta says that she could not bring herself to watch Wimbledon while sitting at home in quarantine, and that she had to “make peace with” the frustration of not being able to compete.