World number one Andy Murray says he will be fit to defend his Wimbledon title, despite struggling with a hip injury.
The Briton, 30, picked up the problem earlier this week and was hobbling during practice sessions at the All England Club.
Murray plays Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in Monday’s opening match on Centre Court at 13:00 BST.
“I’ll be fine to play the event and play seven matches,” the Scot said.
“If I feel like I am today, I’d be delighted and have no issues getting through.
“If necessary, I can take some anti-inflammatories if my hip flares up. Hopefully that’s not the case.”
Murray pulled out of two exhibition matches last week and missed three days of practice, preferring instead to rest the injury and work with his physio.
“It’s been sore for a little while now and with each day that I was practising it was feeling a little bit worse,” Murray told the BBC. “It was hampering my movement and therefore I wasn’t getting things out of my practice session.
“Obviously I would have liked to have trained the whole week and got a couple of exhibition matches but the positive from it is that I’m fresh.
“I certainly haven’t played too much tennis – but I’m certainly going to have to work my way into the tournament. I’m probably not going to come out and play great straight off the bat.
“It’s just a little bit stressful. Right before the biggest tournament of the year for me as a Brit, you want to be out there practicing, and I haven’t been in that position before really.”