Tennis-Rybakina on track to recover from injury and play at US Open

Aug 29 (Reuters) – World number two Elena Rybakina said she is on track to play at the U.S. Open ​as she recovers from a ‌leg injury suffered at the Cincinnati Open earlier this month.

The twice Grand Slam winner retired in the first set of her Cincinnati quarter-final match ‌against ​Iga Swiatek on August ⁠20 with an ankle ⁠problem.

“I’m quite confident with the decision we are making each day how to practice, what to do, and especially what ​can happen worst-case scenario. So all these things I feel quite confident,” ⁠Rybakina told reporters at Flushing ⁠Meadows on Saturday.

“I just feel like ​it’s just few more days and I ​should be very fine.”

Kazakhstan’s Rybakina, 27, said ‌it was painful to walk for a couple of days after suffering the injury, but she is glad with how ⁠her recovery process is going.

“We will see what’s gonna happen in the next few days, but ⁠for now ‌it’s been well,” she said. “I ⁠always want to go on ​court ‌when I’m 100% sure, and it’s ​the last ⁠slam of the year, so I think everyone will want to try to compete.”

Rybakina is set to open her U.S. Open campaign against American Thea Frodin.

(Reporting by Nicole Fernandes ​in Toronto)

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