Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport in Malaga

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Little over a month ago, Emma Raducanu posted photographs on Instagram in which she was still wearing a protective boot on her left foot.

Questions were naturally raised about whether the ligament injury would rule her out of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

Raducanu, though, has not played since 21 September when she retired from her Korea Open quarter-final against Daria Kasatkina, but on Thursday she insisted she was ready.

“I’m in a place where I feel good and confident to give it my all if I’m to be on the match court,” said Raducanu, who is “in discussions” about bringing Naomi Osaka’s former fitness trainer Yutaka Nakamura into her team.

“I’ve been training in the last three weeks on it, properly building up and last week I was throwing myself around the court. It’s feeling good.

“I’m happy to be in this position especially because it did take longer than we think. I feel really fit.”

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