She was rapidly not just a set down, but crucially another break too as once again Konta hustled her into error.Stephens improved, yet could not stop Konta making off with 18 successive points on her own serve. Roland-Garros 2020: Discover the app’s new features,Wild cards for wheelchair and quad events,RG 2020: the artist Pierre Seinturier presents the new poster,Roland-Garros 2020: a new layout for the tournament.PHOTO GALLERY: visit the new Roland-Garros stadium!Delsey Paris X Roland-Garros: the 2020 tournament on the move!Relive the epic two-day battle between Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic at Roland-Garros 2019.Novak Djokovic made Roland-Garros history thanks to great matches and his victory in 2016.EPISODE 3/10. Unruffled by two whistling Stephens winners and her own double fault, Konta remained zoned in on her own process throughout a break point, four deuces and eight minutes. Unglamorously called “acceptance”, it has made,Hear this: Chris Evert, seven-time winner here, declared herself “speechless” at the No.26 seed’s display, and added: “No one can beat Konta as long as she plays like that.”,Konta herself could find just one word for it: “Happy, more than anything. It means frustration rarely touches her, freeing her to move on and find her optimum game.“He's been great in just encouraging me and giving me the space to play the way I want to play, not putting too many restraints or restrictions on myself,” confirmed Konta after steaming past Stephens. Following a change in the schedule due to poor weather, the Roland-Garros tournament organisers have decided to give as many fans as possible the opportunity to attend the women’s singles semi-finals, which will both be played on show courts. It is fascinating to contemplate how far she might go on the grandest clay stage of all.“Wheelchair Tennis for All” event to take place on Wednesday 5 June on Court 8.Follow Martic's rollercoaster year that led her to her maiden slam quarter-final.17-year-old Amanda Anisimova marched into her first Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday.Story so far: Stephens, Svitolina advance,six aces among 25 winners and 87% of points on her first serve. It’s a really nice journey to be on. As Konta completed her post-match recovery, the sound of distant thunder could be heard rolling around the Parisian skies. But the storm had already arrived on Court Philippe-Chatrier, raining all over Sloane Stephens’ parade.Sometimes at the biggest tournaments, it is possible to observe a player gathering a sense of destiny as they.So far this year on the red dirt, it has propelled Konta to finals in Rabat and Rome. 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Unglamorously called “acceptance”, it has made Johanna Konta near-bulletproof to date at Roland-Garros 2019. “The things that I'm working on can only help me on the surface, although I strongly believe the way we are working translates to all surfaces.”.Now there’s a thought. Having arrived here with net yield of zero wins from four previous visits, 28-year-old Konta has become the first British woman into the semi-finals here since Jo Durie in 1983. That first achievement sealed, she began forcing errors from.Stephens, so often a silent assassin, shrieked in frustration as the Konta backhand bit her time and again. 12:09 PM Familiar territory for Azarenka and Osaka after epic duels; 09/10 Supermums set up tantalising US Open semi-final; 09/09 Roland-Garros 2020: Discover the app’s new features; 09/09 Thiem harnessing New York memories in hunt for US Open glory; 09/08 Roland-Garros: three icons of style; 09/07 “We want our tournament to be truly remarkable and to set an example” Ultimately Konta’s bag of swag bulged with,“I have never doubted my ability to play on the surface,” said Konta. Carré Blanc x Roland-Garros 2020: a striking tribute to tennis RG Classic Match: Thiem - Djokovic (semi-final 2019) Relive the epic two-day battle between Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic at Roland-Garros 2019. But here she has spoken of being “malleable” about unfolding match events, “having acceptance” of them.Rather in the manner of mindfulness, it is subtly different from the common competitive mindset of focusing on the positive. I feel a lot of ownership over it, which is a really nice place to be.”.The result was plain to see in this, her third 2019 defeat of Stephens. OUTSIDE COURTS From 11AM 1/2 Finals Gentlemen's Doubles 1/4 Finals Juniors Singles & Doubles 2nd round & 1/2 Finals Wheelchair & Quad Tennis 9 October 1/2 Finals COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER From 2:45PM 1/2 Final 1 Gentlemen's Single - Not before 5:30PM 1/2 Final 2 Gentlemen's Single As the American discovered, it is impossible to disrupt an opponent who, win or lose, simply leaves each completed point behind.That was the case from the off here, because the game in which Konta was perhaps most vulnerable to her old mental patterns was the very first one. 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Yet time and again this fortnight Konta has openly described the transformational mental key which has brought her more clay wins this year – 15, after this victory – than she had previously amassed in her entire career.Her ploy, developed in tandem with coach Dimitri Zovialoff since they began working together last autumn, is a new way of thinking. Cue much beard-stroking among puzzled observers. Previously Konta suffered somewhat from a no-Plan-B mindset, whereby if her initial tactic veered off-course, she was unable to adapt and negativity crowded in. Visibly floored by the pace of events, the American could not regroup. I feel just really happy. Roland-Garros 2020: Discover the app’s new features,Wild cards for wheelchair and quad events,RG 2020: the artist Pierre Seinturier presents the new poster,Roland-Garros 2020: a new layout for the tournament.PHOTO GALLERY: visit the new Roland-Garros stadium!Delsey Paris X Roland-Garros: the 2020 tournament on the move!Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem will resume their semi-final on Saturday.Tournament organisers regret to announce that, due to poor weather conditions, no more matches will be played today at Roland-Garros.Tickets to the second men's semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem will be fully refunded by the FFT. Just happy.”.No wonder. The women’s singles semi-finals will be played on Friday on Courts Suzanne-Lenglen and Simonne-Mathieu. Yeah, happy, I think, is the main feeling.