Angelique Kerber arrives at Roland Garros with a shot to complete the career Grand Slam and regain the world No. 1 ranking, but without the match play on clay to fully prepare for that mission.

Continuing her recovery from a twisted right ankle she sustained in Madrid, the Wimbledon champion spent recent weeks on her couch at home.

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Kerber concedes the ankle issue, which has limited her to just three clay-court matches this season, has diminished her expectations for Paris.

"I mean, first, I'm happy to being here," Kerber told the media in Paris today. "Two weeks ago I was not sure if I can make Paris, but, yeah, it was a long way to being here now. Like, the last few days, I can say that I'm without pain, but, you know, I had a lot of treatment, like, every day, two, three times.

"I mean, it was maybe not the best preparation that I wish, like, few weeks before to have on clay and also not too much, too many matches. But right now for me it's important to being here. And, yeah, like I always say, focusing from round to round, now it's really like I have to deal with the situation and focus for the first round here."

The fifth-ranked German reached the Roland Garros quarterfinals last year, equaling her career-best performance in Paris, but Kerber has tempered her aim.

"Of course when I start the year, the expectation to playing in Paris, that was the goal, to really playing here my best," Kerber said. "And, yeah, now, of course, the expectation are be a little bit lower with everything with what happen in the last few weeks. So really, I'm not thinking about this. I'm here to, yeah, to dealing with the situation to, yeah, trying to getting better every day with the foot still, and this is the focus on."

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