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Johanna Konta Loses Cool With Reporter For 'Patronising' And 'Picking On Her' After Shock Defeat

Johanna Konta refused to hold back against a reporter after she slammed the 'patronising' tone made against her in the post-match press conference.
Konta, 28, had her Wimbledon semi-final dreams scuppered after a shock straight-set defeat to Czech player Barbora Strýcová.
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And the Australia-born British tennis star threw away a 4-1 lead in the first set to lose 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 in an error-filled performance.
The British number one had a heated exchange with a reporter in the post-match press conference after critical comments were made about her performance.
"Please don't patronise me."
- BBC Tennis (@bbctennis) 9 July 2019
This Konta press conference :grimacing:#Wimbledon #bbctennis pic.twitter.com/JfzO8ShQfO
Courtesy of the New York Times' Ben Rothenberg, posted below
is the exchange between Konta and the reporter.
Reporter: "Looking at numbers, 33 unforced errors, then you had a smash at the net which you hit straight to her, then towards the end of the third set you had a double-fault, then missed a drive volley. Do you not have to look at yourself a little bit about how you cope with these big points? It's all very well saying it's a lot to do with your opponent, but there were key points when you perhaps could have done better."
Konta: "Is that in your professional tennis opinion?"


Reporter: "No, that's just as a watching spectator with everyone else on Centre Court willing you on. And the numbers are IBM's."
Konta: "Okay. I mean, I don't think you need to pick on me in a harsh way. I mean, I think I'm very open with you guys. I say how I feel out there. If you don't want to accept that answer or you don't agree with it, that's fine. I still believe in the tennis that I play. I still believe in the way I competed. Yeah, I don't have much else to say to your question."
Reporter: "I'm just asking you as somebody who presumably wants to go on from here, learn from this, win a Grand Slam one day. Is it not something--"
Konta: "Please don't patronise me."
Reporter: "I'm not patronising you."
Konta: "No, no, you are. In the way you're asking your question, you're being quite disrespectful and you're patronising me. I'm a professional competitor who did her best today, and that's all there is to that."
Moderator: "Let's move on to the next question."
#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/LLY1kNvFqY
- Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) 9 July 2019
Konta fought hard against Strýcová to try and climb back into the match, but she was unable to keep her Wimbledon dreams alive.
She told BBC Sport: "I did my best, and my best today wasn't good enough.
"Every decision I made, every thought process, every opportunity I gave myself, I have no regrets in doing."
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