Emma Raducanu is using acupuncture in an attempt to regain full fitness before Monday’s French Open meeting with Wang Xinyu – despite the fact that she has a phobia of needles.

Emma Raducanu suffered an injury scare just four days before the French Open in a three-set defeat to Danielle Collins on Wednesday.

Having won the first set, Raducanu was 5-0 down when she called a medical timeout before returning to the court 10 minutes later. Although she was able to finish the match, she went down to a 4-6 6-1 6-3 defeat to Collins.