Watson doing ‘a phenomenal job’ says British No. 1 Konta
BRITISH No. 1 Johanna Konta has praised the attitude of her Fed Cup teammate Heather Watson as the Guernsey star deals with going through a strict two-week quarantine Down Under ahead of the Australian Open next month.
Konta knows she is one of the lucky ones as the end of her quarantine period ahead of the Australian Open comes into sight, having had it easier than others as she is one of the players who has been allowed to go out for five hours a day to practice.
Seventy-two others, which includes Watson, have been locked in their hotel rooms completely following positive Covid-19 cases on flights that had taken them to the country.
‘I am actually in the lucky group that is able to go out for five hours a day to practice, we have about two hours' court time, an hour-and-a-half gym time and then an hour to get food and basically get ready to come back,’ Konta told ITV’s Lorraine programme.
‘We have a number of players here who unfortunately have to be in hard lockdown, meaning they haven’t left their rooms for about 12 days now.
‘One of them is Heather so I have been trying to check in with her but she is doing a phenomenal job in making the best of a tough situation.
‘It is a very different experience, it is not something I have experienced before and hopefully I won’t have to do too much of this again in the future.
‘Even for us lucky ones, in the first five days we weren’t allowed out while things were getting sorted for us to be able to go and practice.
‘Even those five days for me were tough so I can only imagine what Heather is feeling on day 11 or 12, whatever she is on. All credit to her.’
