Emma Raducanu has pledged to play through the pain barrier at Wimbledon after suffering more back issues in her defeat at the Eastbourne Open. Asked if there was a chance she could miss her home Grand Slam, the British No.1 said: “No, I think I will step on the court regardless.”

British tennis star Emma Raducanu said Wimbledon did “an amazing job” in preventing a man who was accused of stalking her from buying tickets to the championships at SW19 this month.

Emma Raducanu was reduced to tears in Dubai after she was followed to four successive tournaments with the man then attempting to buy tickets to Wimbledon despite a restraining order