It is latest today that England’s Johanna Konta is focusing on the world number one positioning subsequent to guaranteeing the greatest title of her vocation at the Miami Open.
The 25-year-old British number one beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-3 to guarantee £940,000 in prize cash and is set to move to seventh on the planet. Konta was the world number 146 in June 2015, however she trusts a Grand Slam title and further advance is conceivable.
“The belief has been there since I was a little girl,” she said.
“I’d like to be the best player in the world but there’s a lot of work to be done between now and then. Everybody’s journey is different. I needed a little more time and a little more experience to accumulate the knowledge that I have and re-use it in my matches. I play smart tennis and calmer tennis I think. It just took time. On paper it looks like a quick turnaround but it’s been a long time coming.”
Judy Murray – mother of Andy – has already proposed the turnaround started with a substantial annihilation in a match against Belarus in February 2015.
Murray put that down to Konta’s “truly awful execution tension”, portraying the outcome as “somewhat of a repulsiveness”.
Be that as it may, her aptitude at dealing with the weight of tip top level game is presently one of her greatest resources.
Konta herself has credited the impact of previous mental mentor Juan Coto, who kicked the bucket in December.
Konta said: “Everything that I do, he will be a part of. He left me with some incredible tools to deal with my profession and also life. He is still very much a part of my journey.”
She is working with another mentor this season – having settled on an unexpected choice to supplant Spaniard Esteban Carril towards the finish of 2016, the best year of her profession up until this point.
Under the direction of Wim Fissette, Konta won January’s Sydney International without dropping a set, before now asserting her first accomplishment at a more elevated amount – the top ‘Chief Mandatory’ rung of the WTA Tour – in Miami.
“She has big ground strokes, not many weaknesses, and I also saw her as somebody who is very hard-working and very disciplined,” Fissette told the news.
“I started working with her because I really believe she can win a Grand Slam if she keeps getting better like this.”
In October, Konta became only the fourth British woman to make the top 10 since the WTA rankings began in 1975 – after Jo Durie, Virginia Wade and Sue Barker.
“I think it was probably a combination of everything, but also a question of maturity,” Konta said of her rise on Saturday.
