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The third-seeded Briton needed medical
attention just minutes into the contest before she felt well
enough to continue.
"My heart rate shoots up for no reason, we didn't have a long
point, I wasn't gassing in any way in my lungs," the world No.
15 said.
"It actually goes up and stays there so it makes me a bit
lightheaded, I just needed to see the doctor and the physio.
"It was very high when they came out. I was having all the
checks. I am as fit as a fiddle but it can happen. It took a
while to settle down but then it did and I was able to
concentrate on the tennis."
Konta said it was not the first time she had experienced the
problem.
"We don't know why it happens, it's been under stressful
situations, in no stress situations. We just don't know. It's
been sporadic," Konta said.
"It's not ideal. I am going to have another EKG and see what
protocols we can take. It's probably not going to happen again
for another year or something. I'm not too worried, no."
The Top Seed Open is the first WTA Tour event in the United
States since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the circuit in
March.
(Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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