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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWimbledon - don't you love when athletes put the media in their places - nicely played Johana Konta
Last edited Tue Jul 9, 2019, 08:13 PM - Edit history (1)
https://sports.yahoo.com/johana-konta-snaps-back-at-wimbledon-reporter-for-patronizing-dismissive-question-after-loss-213703671.html
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Konta had 34 unforced errors in a match that lasted 1:37. A reporter mentioned this and recounted three specific instances of missed points, setting off the awkward exchange at the 3:30 mark of Wimbledons press conference.
Reporter: Do you not have to look at yourself a little bit about how you cope with these big points? Because its all very well to saying its a lot to do with your opponent but there were key points where you could have done better.
Konta: Is that in your professional tennis opinion?
Reporter: No, thats just as a watching spectator just as everyone else ... whos rooting you on.
Konta: I mean, I don't think you need to pick on me in a harsh way. I think Im very open with you guys and I say how I feel out there and if you dont want to accept that answer or dont agree with it, thats fine, but I still believe in the tennis that I play and I still believe in the way that I competed. But yeah I dont have much else to say to that question
Reporter: I just say to you as someone who wants to presumably wants to go on from here, learn from this and win a grand slam one day, is it not something that you need
Konta: Please dont patronize me. No, no, you are [patronizing me] in the way you asked your question. Youre being quite disrespectful and patronizing me. Im a professional competitor who did her best today and thats all there is to that.
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My favorite line
Konta: Is that in your professional tennis opinion?
You go girl!!
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Wimbledon - don't you love when athletes put the media in their places - nicely played Johana Konta (Original Post)
malaise
Jul 2019
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Tipperary
(6,930 posts)1. Wow, wish I had seen that!
I really felt for her in that match.
Great response!
malaise
(269,093 posts)2. Added video n/t
Yeehah
(4,588 posts)3. The reporter's just doing his job
The athlete played an awful match, seems unwilling to discuss it, and was rude to the reporter.