Is that in your professional tennis opinion?
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 Wimbledon’s press conference.
Reporter: “Do you not have to look at yourself a little bit about how you cope with these big points? Because it’s all very well to saying it’s a lot to do with your opponent but there were key points where you could have done better.
Konta:
Reporter: No, that’s just as a watching spectator just as everyone else ... who’s rooting you on.
Konta: I mean, I don't think you need to pick on me in a harsh way. I think I’m very open with you guys and I say how I feel out there and if you don’t want to accept that answer or don’t agree with it, that’s fine, but I still believe in the tennis that I play and I still believe in the way that I competed. But yeah I don’t 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 don’t patronize me. No, no, you are [patronizing me] in the way you asked your question. You’re being quite disrespectful and patronizing me. I’m a professional competitor who did her best today and that’s all there is to that.
Reporter: “Do you not have to look at yourself a little bit about how you cope with these big points? Because it’s all very well to saying it’s a lot to do with your opponent but there were key points where you could have done better.
Konta:
Reporter: No, that’s just as a watching spectator just as everyone else ... who’s rooting you on.
Konta: I mean, I don't think you need to pick on me in a harsh way. I think I’m very open with you guys and I say how I feel out there and if you don’t want to accept that answer or don’t agree with it, that’s fine, but I still believe in the tennis that I play and I still believe in the way that I competed. But yeah I don’t 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 don’t patronize me. No, no, you are [patronizing me] in the way you asked your question. You’re being quite disrespectful and patronizing me. I’m a professional competitor who did her best today and that’s all there is to that.
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