Swan, 22, hit headlines when she represented Great Britain against South Africa in the women’s team event in 2016 – the teenager even won her first singles match.

Fast forward five years and Swan is on the comeback trail and recently won on the ITF Tour – no mean feat having played just three events in the last 12 months.

Now over her injuries issues, the British No.7 is raring to go as she prepares to play for Great Britain against Mexico in this week’s Billie Jean King Cup Play-Off tie.

I love these weeks

It’s so good to come together as a team, and to also represent your country. It’s a lot different being in a team environment. Sometimes, it can be a bit tough when you’re out on Tour on your own but it’s definitely a different atmosphere having the girls supporting you from the bench – or being on the bench supporting them yourself.

It’s a lot of fun. Everyone has really good energy (Heather is definitely the joker in the team) and it’s a really good group this week and we all get along really well.

I am really close to all the girls – but I think Harriet and I have really good chemistry

We’re all close, but I think Harriet and I get on particularly well and we’ve also managed to play well together on court, too. In particular we played really well when we were paired together at Bath – we won both our matches. It just clicked and I’m hoping we can play with each other again this week and reunite what was such a strong partnership.

These weeks are really important as we have an opportunity to showcase women’s tennis

It was amazing playing in Bath back in 2019. It was a great venue for the viewers – every day we had a full crowd watching – and that then led to the tie at the Copper Box in April where again it was big crowds, and I think those ties were really important for women in British tennis.

We heard from our media manager that the viewing figures were great and that we’d inspired a lot of young girls and hopefully boys to get into tennis. I think the main thing is just the awareness and for people to understand that we do what the boys do and just as well.

I’ve grown up a lot since 2016

At that age it wasn’t too difficult to deal with that pressure – I was so young that I didn’t think about it, I was just playing and enjoying it. I think it’s when things aren’t going so smoothly that you start to feel the pressure.

Back then, I was really just a kid and I’ve had a lot more experience on the Tour over the last five years. I’m really pleased to still be a part of this team – and can’t wait for the years to come.

I’ve struggled a lot over the past year with injury – but I’m healthy now!

I first started having issues in July last year, and I tried playing one of the exhibition events in the UK at the beginning of that month and I actually went into a full back spasm, so I was recovering from that for a while.

My injury issues have meant I’ve only played in three tournaments in the last 12 months, so I’m just aiming now to try and get back out there as much as I can. I’m healthy now and that’s the main thing – bring on Mexico!

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