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JO KONTA hopes to extend his adventure in the City of Love – thanks to his excessive consumption of Netflix romcoms!
The No. 1 Briton will take part in the French Open final here in Paris if she manages to beat Czech Marketa Vondrousova in the semifinal tomorrow.
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The Konta match was postponed 24 hours because the schedule of yesterday at Roland Garros was completely canceled.
Aged 28, he lives in a discreet apartment – not in a hotel reserved for players – who does not have a television.
So Konta and she boyfriend photographer, Jackson Wade, spent their evenings huddled on the couch with Will Smith and Cameron Diaz, watching comedy romantic comedy movies on their iPad.
Konta laughed and said, "I enjoyed the routine of going back to the apartment and preparing food.
"We also watched movies on Netflix, which was fun.What movies? Oh that then, a band.We made our way through all possible romcoms, really light stuff.
"We watched Hitch – with Will Smith – what Jackson had not seen before and we both loved him.
"Also The Other Woman, with Cameron Diaz, This Is 40, a whole bunch of romantic comedies.
"Jackson took full advantage, he chose most of them!"
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The beloved couple did not much frequented nor saw the Parisian scenes, mainly because Konta suffered from a cold during the first week of the tournament.
She said: "It was more of a priority not to spend energy where I did not need it and stay as far away as possible from the germs I was in." even a germ at the time. "
Konta has been transformed on clay this year and his state of mind is solid since he met the new French coach Dimitri Zavialoff.
The Briton, who plays in her 22nd Major, will have much more experience than 19-year-old Vondrousova, plus the advantage of competing in two Grand Slam semifinals.
Disappointingly, twice – the Australia Open 2016 and Wimbledon two years ago – Konta has failed to win a set.
As for bookmakers, Konta will be the favorite against Vondrousova.
Konta beat the teenager 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the Open of Italy last month. But try to tell Konta that she is no longer the outsider.
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She added: "Being the favorite – it's always an outside opinion.
"The scenery of our tour is not so black in white, with an outsider and a person who should win.There are a lot of gray – more gray than black and white.
"I lost to Vondrousova last year at Indian Wells, but I beat him two weeks ago, no matter who I play, I play in the 50-50 match. "
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