Bear necessity Konta’s secret good luck mascot

As well as natural talent, Johanna Konta has a secret weapon – a teddy bear.

The British No. 1 says she has kept the good luck mascot with her since she was a child.

Konta, who faces Venus Williams tomorrow for a place in Saturday’s final, moved to Britain from Australia with her Hungarian parents when she was 14, and said: “I have had a teddy bear in my tennis bag since I was 11 or 12, so it has been in there for a good 15 years.

“It has a Hungarian name and doesn’t really translate to English.”