LATEST JO KONTA NEWS UPDATES AND RESULTS

Johanna Konta 'mutually' separates from coach Wim Fissette after British No 1 announces she will miss rest of 2017 season through injury

19/10/17 15:16

12/10/17 22:30

The 30-year-old Scot has been seen this week practicing indoors at the All England Club, actually back on court as opposed to doing pure rehab work in the gym on his troublesome hip.

12/10/17 10:19

Konta, who has failed to get beyond the quarter-finals of any tournament since last-four elimination at the hands of Venus Williams at SW1 in July, has been forced out with a foot problem.

03/10/17 14:05

The move is said to be precautionary, with Konta still intending to play in the Kremlin Cup in Moscow the following week.The British No 1 has lost her last five matches, most recently in China Open.

01/10/17 23:17

MIKE DICKSON: The British No 1 was painful to watch as she went down 6-1, 6-2 at the Beijing Open to world number 65 Monica Niculescu, at times resembling a complete novice.

25/09/17 17:19

Johanna Konta crashed out in her opening match at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open as she lost 6-0 4-6 7-6 (7-3) to Australia's Ashleigh Barty, failing to serve out the match in the third set.

23/09/17 10:56

The Wuhan Open, which will begin on Sunday, was established by former professional and world No 2 Li Na in 2014 and features eight of the world's top 10 WTA players.

29/08/17 06:21

MIKE DICKSON AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: Andy Murray did not make the starting grid, and Jo Konta could not progress beyond the first lap as she was shocked in the first round of the US Open.

27/08/17 01:30

Most of the country seemed fairly impressed with Jo Konta’s achievement of reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals this summer, with the exception of broadcaster John Humphrys.

20/08/17 07:34

Seventh seed Konta, who beat Halep in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in July, did not go quietly, saving a series of match points and keeping Halep on court for almost two hours.

10/08/17 01:09

The British No 1 served for a straight-sets win in the second-round contest but eventually fell 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to the world No 42 in almost two-and-a-half hours.

20/07/17 20:08

MARTIN SAMUEL'S FIVE POINTS: Jo Konta's nationality has been under scrutiny after her Wimbledon run, as has the £54m transfer fee Manchester City paid Tottenham for Kyle Walker.

18/07/17 18:54

Listeners suggested John Humphrys should be 'put out to pasture' after the awkward interview in which he 'bullied' Konta about her heritage, offering little mention of her semi-final success.

18/07/17 17:57

On BBC Radio 4's Today programme, BBC presenter and veteran interviewer John Humphrys asked Jo Konta: 'So, what are you?' after he got the country of her birth wrong.

18/07/17 13:05

JEFF POWELL: Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor is a boxing match between the undefeated and now un-retired master of the square ring and a UFC star crossing from MMA.

13/07/17 22:42

MARTIN SAMUEL ON CENTRE COURT: There were moments when it more resembled the brutality of Bodyline, or those Caribbean cricket tours in the 1970s and 80s.

13/07/17 22:38

MIKE DICKSON AT WIMBLEDON: The great and the good from the days when Britain regularly produced champions and contenders were there in a line.

13/07/17 22:35

MIKE DICKSON AT WIMBLEDON: Jo Konta pledged that she can still win Wimbledon, despite her first semi-final here ending in crushing disappointment. 

13/07/17 18:58

Sophie, 52, appeared to have had popped to the salon ahead of her trip to Wimbledon in a glamorous departure from her usual up-do as she watched Venus Williams storm to victory.

13/07/17 11:02

Hoping to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title for a sixth time, at 37 Venus Williams (pictured) is 11 years older than Konta and four years older than Martina Navratilova.

13/07/17 10:04

Jo Konta's clash with Venus Williams on Centre Court headlines the action at SW19 on Thursday. They follow Garbine Muguruza's clash against Magdalena Rybarikova in the other semi-final.

13/07/17 10:02

Day nine at Wimbledon saw huge drama unfold at SW19 as Andy Murray fell to a shock exit. Here, Sportsmail's KIERAN GILL and MATTHEW LAMBERT give us the lowdown from SW19.

13/07/17 10:00

Jo Konta has the chance to make tens of millions if she can become the new queen of British sport by winning Wimbledon. Industry insiders say she will already be attracting interest from sponsors.

13/07/17 09:29

Australian-born Johanna Konta will be flying the flag for Britain at the Wimbledon semi-finals today but the High Commissioner of her birth country launched a cheeky bid to 'reclaim' her.

12/07/17 23:14

The No 6 seed is happy to keep the familiar faces of her professional support team central in her box, and while father Gabor will be on one side mum Gabriella finds it too difficult to watch.

12/07/17 23:02

BRAD GILBERT: You can easily be distracted by the quirky routines in Jo Konta’s serve, those little skips and the odd way she bounces the ball — but don’t be fooled.

12/07/17 23:01

A deserted outside court amid the concrete expanse of Flushing Meadows one evening five years ago, and Britain’s Jo Konta was leading someone called Olga Govortsova.

12/07/17 16:38

Johanna Konta posted the smiley snap after becoming the first woman to reach the singles semi-final since 1978. Konta caption the pictured: 'Post match smiles!'

12/07/17 14:10

Jo Konta's match against Simona Halep ended badly after a female fan 'creep screamed' at match point, distracting both players. One fan who heard it said: 'days of British politeness are gone'.

12/07/17 14:05

All hail Johanna Konta, who became the first British woman to reach the Wimbledon Championship semi-finals since dinosaurs roamed the Earth, writes JAN MOIR.

12/07/17 12:06

Johanna Konta had been working with sports psychologist Juan Coto for two years before he died. She became the first British woman since 1978 to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals this week.

12/07/17 11:11

COURT REPORT: Day eight at Wimbledon was as exciting as ever from Centre Court to Court No 18. Here, Sportsmail's KIERAN GILL takes us around grounds at SW19.

12/07/17 09:01

MIKE DICKSON WIMBLEDON: A year ago Jo Konta was a distant rumour to many British sports fans, who could not get into Wimbledon’s third round but occasionally did well abroad.

12/07/17 02:16

Australian-born tennis star Johanna Konta saw off Romanian world No 2 Simona Halep in an epic three-set match on Tuesday. So how did she come to call the UK home?

12/07/17 00:00

Jo Konta revealed her sense of pride at becoming the first British woman to reach the Wimbledon semi-final since Virginia Wade in 1978.

11/07/17 23:54

Virginia Wade led tributes as tennis legends hailed Jo Konta for her resilience in reaching the her first home Grand Slam semi-final. ‘The longer it went on, the more impressed I got,’ Wade said.

11/07/17 21:37

At the age of 17, the Romanian tennis star underwent surgery to make her quicker and she subsequently soared up the rankings.

11/07/17 01:52

CHARLES SALE -SPORTS AGENDA: Konta is managed by daughter of All England Club chairman Philip Brook and that could become an issue now she has reached the quarter-finals.

10/07/17 23:03

IAN HERBERT AT WIMBLEDON: On Monday night, Jo Konta was cheerfully volunteering information on which muffins she intends to bake next.

10/07/17 22:51

Johanna Konta takes on Simona Halep for a place in the semi-finals of Wimbledon on Tuesday. Here, Sportsmail's Matthew Lambert gives the lowdown on the 25-year-old from Romania.

09/07/17 14:09

No player in the women's draw has won a higher percentage of first sets this year than Konta, who in nine grand slam ties has lost the opening frame just once. That was against Serena Williams.

08/07/17 14:50

Wimbledon final tickets are selling for £48,000 a pair - with Johanna Konta the bookies' favourite to win the Ladies title. It could mean a historic British double for her and Andy Murray.

08/07/17 00:33

JONATHAN McEVOY: It is tempting to suggest that Jo Konta wears the burden of being favourite like a jewel rather than a curse. That is how it was on Court No 1 on Friday.

05/07/17 22:29

Johanna Konta battled into the third round of the Wimbledon Champions after an epic three-hour battle with the world No 58 Donna Vekic. She faces Maria Sakkari in the third round.

04/07/17 11:04

MIKE DICKSON AT WIMBLEDON: If there was an issue with pressure or her stiff upper back then Jo Konta covered it up very comfortably as she strode through into the second round.

03/07/17 09:36

Miss Konta, 26, was spotted with new love Jackson Wade (pictured) - a photographer - as she recovered from a spine injury in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

02/07/17 23:24

MIKE DICKSON: The tennis commentariat have been in overdrive this week about Jo Konta, a sign of her elevated status in the game now that Wimbledon is here.

02/07/17 15:43

British No 1 Johanna Konta has said she intends to play at Wimbledon and is recovering well from injury following here withdrawal from her semi-final at the Aegon International.

02/07/17 00:07

The 26-year-old, who was forced to withdraw from Eastbourne after slipping and landing heavily on her back in the quarter-finals on Thursday, is scheduled to face Su-Wei Hsieh in the first round on Monday.

01/07/17 23:59

FIRST ROUND PREDICTIONS: Twelve Brits enter this year's Wimbledon at the first round with the hope of making it through to the second round.

01/07/17 23:45

JOHN LLOYD: It is a brave person who picks a winner of the women's event, which is as wide open as I can remember. I looked through the list of players in the tournament and picked out 15 who could do it.

30/06/17 16:21

Johanna Konta has suffered a scare ahead of Wimbledon after being forced to withdraw from her semi-final at the Aegon International with a thoracic spine injury.

30/06/17 13:43

Hsieh is currently ranked 109 in the world, with her career high of 23 coming in 2013. That was also the same year the Taiwanese won the doubles at SW19. Her best singles run to the third round came in 2012.

29/06/17 18:43

Two days of rain delays at the south coast grass court event left a backlog of matches with Konta one of several facing a punishing schedule, with the last-four clash due to follow only hours later.

29/06/17 13:20

As the country’s highest ranked player for three decades, the pressure is on Johanna Konta to be the first British winner of the ladies’ singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977.

26/06/17 16:06

KIERAN GILL IN EASTBOURNE: Johanna Konta insists she is shutting out all the expectation that is being put on her by the British public ahead of Wimbledon next week.

22/06/17 23:59

KIEARAN GILL IN BIRMINGHAM: Johanna Konta had waited all day to get on court in Birmingham then was blown away in just 64 minutes by world No 30 Coco Vandeweghe.

20/06/17 00:03

Johanna Konta brushed off worries about overplaying ahead of Wimbledon as she prepared for her second tournament of the grass-court season.

18/06/17 23:41

KIERAN GILL: The wait for the first grass-court title of her career continues for Johanna Konta. As does the wait for a British woman to win a home WTA title on grass since Virginia Wade in 1975.

17/06/17 21:06

KIERAN GILL IN NOTTINGHAM: Without dropping a set at the Aegon Open in Nottingham, the British No 1 is now in her first WTA grass-court final just two weeks before Wimbledon

17/06/17 00:33

Johanna Konta moved closer to a first WTA title on home soil after booking a spot in the Aegon Open semi-final in Nottingham. Konta defeated her opponent Ashleigh Barty in straight sets on Friday.

15/06/17 21:54

KIERAN GILL IN NOTTINGHAM: Johanna Konta continued her countdown to Wimbledon on Thursday by sealing a spot in the quarter-finals of the Aegon Open Nottingham with a win.

13/06/17 20:39

KIERAN GILL IN NOTTINGHAM: Britain has high hopes that the world No 8 will be their own Wimbledon wonder with the SW19 tournament now less than three weeks away.

13/06/17 01:56

Three deeply familiar names - Federer, Nadal, Williams - and one virtual unknown - Jelena Ostapenko - have shared the Grand Slam spoils this year so far. Sportsmail looks at Wimbledon.

30/05/17 23:18

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: Jo Konta is expecting to suffer from a sore bottom later this week — and not just because she was dumped out of the French Open on her backside.

30/05/17 15:42

Jo Konta ruled herself out of the large group who might contend for the French Open when she suffered a shock defeat to the world number 109 this morning.

28/05/17 17:20

Since winning the Miami Open last month, Britain’s top female tennis player Johanna Konta has been tipped for Wimbledon glory by Andy Murray.

28/05/17 00:26

MIKE DICKSON: Jo Konta spent a day last week at Buckingham Palace, helping to hand out some Duke of Edinburgh awards with Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

07/05/17 22:28

MIKE DICKSON: Konta suffered another setback to her clay court season when she was beaten 3-6 7-5 6-4 by Germany's Laura Siegemund in a match which started just before midnight.

07/05/17 01:54

Johanna Konta's struggles on clay continued as she exited the Madrid Open in the first round after a third-set capitulation against Laura Siegemund.

26/04/17 06:48

MARTIN SAMUEL: United produce great players. Not great strikers. Not lately. Great strikers, they buy. This may be why uncertainty continues to surround Marcus Rashford.

25/04/17 22:44

MIKE DICKSON: At 9.15am on Wednesday morning — four days after the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix actually began — Maria Sharapova will finally be allowed on court at the event.

21/04/17 15:40

Great Britain will hope they are not blown away by a Romanian storm as they try to end a 24-year wait to reach the elite level of the Fed Cup in the stormy Black Sea resort of Constanta.

21/04/17 09:57

Great Britain captain Anne Keothavong, who took over from Judy Murray, has named an unchanged side knowing victory will secure her team a place in the World Group for the first time since 1993.

21/04/17 01:39

Coto, who died on November 12, was only 47 years old when he passed away suddenly in November. Surrey Coroners concluded at a recent hearing that Coto took his own life.

21/04/17 01:03

MIKE DICKSON IN MONTE CARLO: Who will take advantage of what is now the most wide open — or perhaps weak — field at the top of the game for years? Andy Murray believes Jo Konta can.

12/04/17 12:21

Great Britain have not competed at world level in the competition since 1993 but they go into the tie on clay against Romania at Constanta's Tenis Club IDU as heavy underdogs.

03/04/17 12:41

Martina Navratilova used the phraseology of Forrest Gump to assess the current state of women's tennis. 'It's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get,' she said.

02/04/17 16:29

The 25-year-old became the first player from Britain to win the Miami Open when she beat former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. She said matching Wade's achievements is a 'dream'.

31/03/17 22:49

MIKE DICKSON IN MIAMI: The last time Caroline Wozniacki came up against Jo Konta she was reduced to a look of resigned bemusement. It was January’s third round of the Australian Open.

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