'I have no toenails' - Emma Raducanu reveals latest injury ahead of her GB bow in the Billie Jean King Cup

Emma Raducanu will make her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Great Britain this weekend — minus her toenails. The world No.12 revealed the peculiar issue ahead of the qualifier in Prague which will pit Captain Anne Keothavong’s youthful side against the Czech Republic. Ad/> The 19-year-old Raducanu has endured an injury-hit start to 2022 with blisters curtailing her Australian Open campaign while a hip problem dashed her hopes at the Guadalajara Open.

TennisRaducanu 'very motivated' for 'challenge' of first clay season on WTA Tour12/04/2022 AT 13:22 Now the reigning US Open champion has spoken of another issue, but does not expect it to affect her performance as part of the GB squad. Ivanisevic tips 'sick' Djokovic to be ready for French Open Round-up: Tsitsipas title defence gathers pace; Ruud bows out Raducanu 'very motivated' for clay season “I have no toenails," she said when quizzed about her current physical condition. «It was just my foot, my shoes, they've just been sliding around a lot [in the shoe].

I had a small niggle in Miami but now I have no physical thing.” The toenail problem is a result of small impacts over a sustained period of time and has been the subject of much amusement among the rest of the GB team that includes Harriet Dart, Katie Swan and Sonay Kartal, “I’ve always said these weeks are different to what they experienced at the usual kind of tennis tournaments and it’s really important that, as a team, we can create memorable moments,” said Keothavong. “I think we’ve been doing so. And we’re all a little scarred by Emma’s toes!” She added with a laugh.