5 WTA stars to look out for at the Australian Open

#5 Johanna Konta

Konta started 2017 with a bang, winning the Sydney International

As mentioned before, the WTA has the habit of bemusing all tennis fans and experts alike. Every season, at least two out of four Grand Slams have an unexpected finalist on the women’s side of the proceedings.

At this year’s Australian Open, that surprise finalist might just be the world no. 10, Johanna Konta. It is not that tough for her to better her 2016 performance, wherein she reached the semi-finals, especially after her mighty impressive performance at Sydney International this week.

She managed to beat an inspired Eugenie Bouchard to reach the final, wherein she got the better of Radwanska in straight sets. The Australian-born player was world no. 150 at the end of 2014, but the 25-year-old turned things around with grit and her steadily improving game.

Standing tall at 5’11”, she is a high court penetrator who can make her opponents squeamish with her powerful game.

She has a decent chance of being a top contender for the trophy, especially considering her good form coming into the tournament. Who knows, she might even go to win the tournament at Rod Laver Arena – the time right now is definitely good for British tennis!