Elena Rybakina on track to play at US Open despite recent leg injury

[p]The twice Grand Slam winner retired ‌in the first set of her ‌Cincinnati quarter-final match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] on August 20 with an ankle problem.[/p][p]"[b]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,[/b]" [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Rybakina[/a] told reporters at Flushing ⁠Meadows on ​Saturday.[/p][p]"[b]I just feel like it's just few more days and I should be very fine.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="8f82cd6a-5698-4bae-adfb-5d8b79e67ccd" url="https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/2093368296536195421?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]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.[/p][p]"[b]We will see what's gonna happen in the next few days, but for now it's been well,[/b]" ‌she said. "[b]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.[/b]"[/p][p]Rybakina is set to open ⁠her U.S. ⁠Open campaign against ‌American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/frodin-thea/6u2PqMUb/"]Thea Frodin[/a].[/p]