"Ready to go." Which, in Emma Raducanu's world, means a readiness to take centre stage.

The teenager will make her first Centre Court appearance on Monday – with Novak Djokovic as her warm-up act and Andy Murray to follow her on to the grass – after her confirmation that she is fit to play this summer's Championships.

Earlier in the week, there had been a degree of uncertainty, and no little discussion around Wimbledon, about whether the US Open champion would compete because of a side strain injury that has interfered with her preparations.

"There were moments earlier in the week when we weren't really sure," said Raducanu, who made the mildly concerning move on Friday of cancelling a practice session with former champion Garbiñe Muguruza.

Raducanu's explanation on Saturday for her absence on Friday was that she had already practised once that day, and she and her team thought it was wise not to overdo it ahead of her first round against Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck.

Raducanu was back out on the practice courts on Saturday, feeling energised by her surroundings ahead of what is only her second Wimbledon.

"Right now, I'm fit. I'm ready to go. I'm looking forward to it – that's it. We were sort of going to see how the week goes, but it went pretty well," said Raducanu, who hasn't played a full match on grass since she reached the second week of last summer's Championships.

If the 19-year-old is feeling in any pain or discomfort when moving around the grass, she wasn't saying.

It's worth reminding ourselves that this time last year the No.10 seed was fresh from her A-level exams, needed a wild card to play, and hardly had any profile at all.

Had she been dealing with a side strain back then, it wouldn't have generated a single newspaper headline or more than a couple of tweets.

Since last season's remarkable ride to the US Open title, Raducanu has learned fast about just how resilient she can be.

While tennis seemed so simple for her in New York City last summer, she has since had the complications of numerous injuries as her body adjusted to life on the Tour.

The latest of those ailments was the side strain she picked up at a tournament in Nottingham this month, just seven games into her grass court season.

Those remain the only games she has played on the surface this summer, as she retired from that match and hasn't competed since.

With all this uncertainty over her fitness, Raducanu would have had all the more reason to wish for a kinder first round draw, and a chance to potentially ease her way into The Championships.

But you suspect that nothing will come easily against Van Uytvanck, who has won a couple of tournaments on grass this season, in Surbiton in south-west London and Gaiba in Italy, and who also reached the quarter finals in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.

Four years ago, Van Uytvanck defeated Muguruza on the way to the fourth round, her best result at the All England Club.

No wonder Raducanu considers Van Uytvanck to be a "tricky" opponent, with a game that is well suited to grass. But only one of them is a Grand Slam champion.

Raducanu is backing herself on Centre Court.

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