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Johanna Konta reunites with coach Dimitri Zavialoff

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Zavialoff guided Johanna Konta to the French Open semi-finals last year.

Johanna Konta has reunited with coach Dimitri Zavialoff ahead of the 2021 campaign.

Konta enjoyed one of her best seasons under Zavialoff in 2019 but the partnership ended this summer because of a change in personal circumstances for the French coach that left him unable to travel as much.

However, Konta's representative has confirmed to the PA news agency that the pair are now working together again.

Johanna Konta reached the semi-finals of the French Open under Dimitri Zavialoff (Richard Sellers/PA)

Zavialoff, a quietly spoken 42-year-old who previously worked with Stan Wawrinka, helped Konta develop variety in her game while restoring confidence in the powerful groundstrokes that are her bread and butter.

The British number one had a remarkable clay-court season in 2019, reaching the French Open semi-finals, and went on to make the quarter-finals at both Wimbledon and the US Open.

She would have had a good chance of returning to the top 10 but for a knee injury that curtailed her season and affected the start of 2020.

The 29-year-old had a trial with Maria Sharapova's former coach, Thomas Hogstedt, following her split from Zavialoff but that was not a success and she finished the season working with just her hitting partner, Dan Smethurst.

Konta reached the semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open in August but otherwise had little success following the resumption of the tour, losing in the second round of the US Open and the first round of the French Open.

A change in the ranking system because of the coronavirus pandemic has prevented her dropping from 14 but she will need an upturn in 2021 to hang onto her top-20 status.

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1Manchester CityMan City20135237132444
2Manchester UnitedMan Utd21125437271041
3Liverpool21117343241940
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5West Ham UnitedWest Ham2110563127435
6Tottenham HotspurSpurs2096534211333
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8Everton1910362924533
9Aston Villa19102734211332
10Arsenal219482620631
11Southampton208572725229
12Leeds UnitedLeeds209293536-129
13Crystal Palace217592536-1126
14Wolverhampton WanderersWolves2165102130-923
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16Burnley2064101326-1322
17Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton214982329-621
18Fulham2028101729-1214
19West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom2126131750-3312
20Sheffield UnitedSheff Utd2122171234-228
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