Emma Raducanu plans to take to the court for her Wimbledon opener on Monday as she battles another injury setback.
The British number one’s preparations for her home grand slam have been hit by a right lower leg problem that was exacerbated by her run to the final at Queen’s Club two weeks ago.
“I’m going to do everything with my team in terms of treatment,” said Raducanu, who is scheduled first on Court One on Monday at 1pm against Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic.
“That’s the plan right now, to play. I have a lower leg niggle that I’ve been dealing with since before Queen’s, actually from the back end of the clay-court season.
“Queen’s, during that week, was a lot of load for me. Five matches after having not competed for a while. But I’m just managing it with my team as best as I possibly can, exhausting all options and doing what we can.”
The alarm was raised when Raducanu was reportedly spotted wearing a protective boot on Wednesday.
She did not take to the practice courts until Saturday, when she cut short a session against Russian Anna Kalinskaya after moving gingerly and losing four games in a row.
All eyes were on Raducanu during her session with hitting partner Alexis Canter on Sunday morning, and she came through that well enough to give her hope of taking part in the tournament.
