'When she makes up her mind she tends to stick to it': GB Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong not 持つ／拘留するing out much hope of a Jo Konta U-turn after her team 低迷s to 敗北・負かす against Slovakia

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敗北・負かすd Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong had an 空気／公表する of 辞職 as she considered the chances of 説得するing 'different' and 'quirky' Jo Konta to 再結合させる the team for their next match.

GB 直面する a relegation tie in April after losing 3-1 to Slovakia, with Konta training at Roehampton's 国家の Training Centre last week rather than 事情に応じて変わる around the indoor clay that 証明するd predictably tricky for a 弱めるd visiting team.

Keothavong would love to have her 星／主役にする 資産 支援する, but does not 推定する／予想する Konta to 逆転する the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to skip 代表者／国会議員 play this year.

広大な／多数の／重要な Britain Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong was without her 星／主役にする player in Slovakia?

Jo Konta decided not to play this week for GB and instead trained at the 国家の Tennis Centre

'When she makes up her mind she tends to stick to it,' said the captain, who gave an insight into the GB number one's singular nature.

'Jo is different, she is quirky, but when it comes to her tennis you know what you are going to get. She leaves it all out there. Maybe I need a few tips on the 始める，決める of 説得／派閥.'

She 追加するd that the team had not heard anything from their 星／主役にする player during the match, which also saw them unable to call on the services of Katie Boulter.

Keothavong again 論証するd her ability to drag strong 業績／成果s out of her players in the valiant 成果／努力s of Harriet Dart, who played so 井戸／弁護士席 for someone with little clay 法廷，裁判所 experience.

Keothavong consoles Harriet Dart after her loss against?Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in Slovakia

The two-day match - which now sees Slovakia go through to April's new £13.8m 決勝戦 week - was a familiar story of a British team 欠如（する）ing depth and struggling on the brown dirt.

It makes it all the more baffling how the LTA have dug up 存在するing clay 法廷，裁判所s at its Roehampton HQ and 取って代わるd them with 施設s for Padel, an 完全に different form of the sport.

'A good question,' 答える／応じるd Keothavong when asked about the 支配する, also pointing out it was above her 支払う／賃金 grade. 'I've never played Padel.'?

There are, in fact, high 質 交替／補充 clay 法廷，裁判所s going in at Roehampton but getting rid of any at all is symptomatic of the cultural problem the British game has with the surface that is best to learn on.

For all the enormous numbers of 支援する up staff 供給するd by the LTA on these trips, British teams getting tripped up in clay 法廷，裁判所 matches is an age old problem ありそうもない to be 解決するd 急速な／放蕩な.

Heather Watson played as the number one player on the clay in Bratislava this week?

And even with such a hefty support 乗組員 there was still nobody aware on Saturday of the 見込み that Slovak number one Viktoria Kuzmova would pull out of the 逆転する （テニスなどの）シングルス, although travelling マスコミ were aware of the 状況／情勢 two hours before it happened.

最終的に Heather Watson's victory over her 交替／補充 minimised any 当惑 over this. Oddly, the team 階層制度 seemed surprised that it should even be noticed, にもかかわらず Watson herself 発言／述べるing 'oh my God that's bad.'?

And so British tennis 長，率いるs into the 親族 shallows of February and 早期に March after a 概して unspectacular start to the season, aside from a decent showing in the new ATP Cup.

Players will 長，率いる の上に the hard 法廷，裁判所s around the world. Men's number one Dan Evans plays this week in Rotterdam, one of the events from which Andy Murray has 孤立した.

Andy Murray is training in the gym but 直面するs a race against time to play before the clay season?

While he is training in the gym the Scot is running out of time to make the coming hard 法廷，裁判所 swing. After that comes the clay, which has always been the least natural for his movement.

明確に what was 述べるd as 'pelvic bruising' that he has been 苦しむing since 早期に November is not a straightforward 事柄.?

While no update has been 来たるべき it would hardly be a surprise if he was to 結局最後にはーなる 焦点（を合わせる）ing on trying to get 支援する for the grass in June.