IT is overstating the case to say Johanna Konta is following the Andy Murray blueprint to tennis success, but the world No.4 would at least recognise certain aspects of her development.

The 21-year-old, who was born in Sydney to Hungarian parents, acquired British citizenship as recently as May, but before that spent around 15 months as a teenager at the same Sanchez-Casal Academy where Murray learned his trade. Now she also finds herself under the watchful eye of Fed Cup captain Judy.

"I very much hope I will be on the next Fed Cup team," said Konta, as she prepared to take on Olga Govortsova, of Belarus, in tomorrow's second round. "But it is up to the captain. Judy is great. I've known her for quite a number of years, but I only really started speaking to her during Wimbledon times. She's always sending emails congratulating me so it is good.

"I did enjoy my time in Barcelona – I spent about 15 months there on and off," she added. "It was good for the period I was there. But by that time I was living in London, so I was splitting a bit of time, and I left because I needed to move on."

Konta went into the tournament with a world ranking of 203 but the athleticism and aggressive ball striking she displayed from the back of the court when coming through a tough first-round match against the No.54 Timea Babos suggests her star is well and truly on the rise. That was her first win in a grand slam but she has no need to nurse any inferiority complex against Govortsova, who is ranked some 10 places below her. "I think I'm a good athlete," she said. "I guess I have a reasonable physique for the sport. I want to go as high as I can. I am very clear about what I'm working on myself. I believe the rest will take care of itself as long as I stay within what I know I can control."

Konta joked about the stress of passing her UK citizenship test, but said she was happy with all the decisions she has made. She passed the modern version of the Norman Tebbit test when she revealed that she had been cheering for Mo Farah in the Olympic 5000m and 10,000m. "I guess I don't know what it is to feel very British," she said. "But I do feel that it's home. So I'm very happy to represent Great Britain. I did watch the Olympics. There were some embarrassing moments where I was very sweaty-palmed, rooting for everyone. I was actually really proud watching the opening ceremony."

In any case, her immigration has hardly been an overnight process. "I first got to the UK in 2005 and when I originally got there, it wasn't straightaway a decision of, okay now I'm going to become British," she said. "It gradually became a process after spending some time there, and getting to know the people who are involved in the organisation."

Hungary now is very much a tourist destination rather than a nationality, even if Hungarian is still the language she speaks with her parents in their home in Eastbourne. "I wouldn't say I am unbelievably close [with the other British girls] just because of the nature of our sport," she said. "But we definitely are friends. A little healthy competition never hurts anyone, I guess."

Elsewhere in the women's competition yesterday, world No.2 Victoria Azarenka took her place in the second round having conceded just five games in the tournament. Also advancing were Petra Kvitova and Li Na.