Raducanu Cuts Short Wimbledon Practice Over Suspected Shin Issue

Emma Raducanu cut short a practice set against Anna Kalinskaya with 10 minutes remaining on Saturday at Wimbledon. She wore strapping on her lower right leg and had not trained on Thursday or Friday because of a suspected shin problem. Raducanu practiced for one hour with her team on the Aorangi Park courts before moving to court three.

She lost the first four games of the set against Kalinskaya before stopping. Wimbledon organisers cancelled her scheduled 16:00 news conference less than half an hour after she left the court. Her media duties have been rescheduled for Sunday.

Raducanu is seeded 30th and is due to open against Croatia's Antonia Ruzic on Court One at 13:00 BST on Monday. The 2021 US Open champion reached the final of the preceding Eastbourne tournament, where she lost in straight sets to Donna Vekic. She played five matches in six days there, her highest match count since February.