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 has praised Wimbledon after her stalker was blocked from buying tickets to this year's event. The man, who was previously given a restraining order by Dubai police after stalking the British former US Open Champion at four successive tennis tournaments in Singapore,