Johanna Konta received a missed test on her record in March following a communication mishap.GETTY IMAGES
British tennis player Johanna Konta "followed Serena Williams' lead as she expressed her dislike of the anti-doping requirements in elite tennis," according to Simon Briggs of the London TELEGRAPH. After Williams was recently revealed to have complained to USADA about "invasive and targeted treatment," Konta said that she felt "hard done by" after a mix-up with UK Anti-Doping left her with a missed test on her record. Konta said, "It's important to have integrity in this sport, but I do feel there's definitely room for improvement in the way athletes are sometimes treated. It's quite a violating process: People come to your home. You're in your pajamas. You get woken out of bed, told to take down your pants, give your arm, pee in a cup. It's an invasive process." Konta's missed test occurred in March, when she flew to Indian Wells on the Sunday before the hard-court tournament, but only updated her "whereabouts" for the following day once she landed at 10pm. Because of the eight-hour time difference with the U.K., "this proved too late." Her previous "whereabouts" had been listed as her London home at 6am on Monday. As it happened, the tester was "already on his way to her house, so she was logged with a missed test" (TELEGRAPH, 6/30).
