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Ian Chadband

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Thompson set for wimbledon despite queen s injury scare - What They Never Told You

Jordan Thompson will be fit to play at Wimbledon despite suffering an injury at the end of his career-best week at an ATP 500 event in the Queen's Club Championship.

Australia's No.2 men's player struggled with a back issue that flared up during his first-ever semi-final at this elevated level on Saturday, eventually going down to Italian Lorenzo Musetti in a tightly-fought contest.

The 30-year-old Sydneysider was due to compete at one of the final preparation tournaments in Mallorca ahead of Wimbledon, but instead decided to withdraw from the Spanish event in a bid to get himself completely right for the grass-court grand slam.

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