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Emma Raducanu pledges to ‘do everything’ in race for fitness at Wimbledon

British No 1 is nursing foot injury before opening match‘I pushed beyond what I would for any other tournament’Emma Raducanu says she will do everything she can to be ready to compete in her first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday as she continues to nurse a right-foot injury at the end of a nightmarish week of preparation.Raducanu, the 30th seed, is scheduled to face Antonia Ruzic at 1pm on No 1 Court. Speaking in her rescheduled pre-tournament press conference on Sunday afternoon, Raducanu said: “I’m going to do everything with my team in terms of treatment, and that’s the current plan. That’s the plan right now, to play.” Continue reading...

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Jack Draper eager to ‘compete with the best’ as Taylor Fritz test awaits

Briton was No 4 seed a year ago before injury struck but is working back to fitness with Andy Murray’s helpThere were many times in the past year when just watching tennis was painful for Jack Draper. Twelve months ago, the Briton was riding high, ranked a career-high No 4, having won his first Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells.The subsequent year has been the most difficult of his career, with an arm injury – a bruised humerus – causing him to pull out of last year’s US Open and miss this year’s Australian Open, while a knee injury in the spring forced him out of the French Open. He only returned last week in Eastbourne, reaching the semi-finals. Continue reading...

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