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

World number two Elena Rybakina said she is on track to play at the US ​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.