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A knee harm has ended Jack Draper’s clay-court marketing campaign.
The 2025 Indian Wells champion Draper has shut down his clay season and pulled out of Roland Garros as a result of knee harm he sustained on the Barcelona Open.
“My knee is on the mend and I’ve began again hitting balls, however sadly, I’ve been suggested to not play Roland-Garros,” Draper posted on Instagram on Wednesday. “As gutting as it’s to overlook one other slam, the recommendation is to not rush straight again into enjoying 5 set tennis on clay.
“Off the again of the arm harm I sustained final 12 months, I’ve been restricted with my coaching, and by giving myself the time to heal and construct, I might be the participant I wish to be on the market as soon as once more.”
The injury-induced withdrawal might price the Twenty eighth-ranked Draper his Prime 100 spot as he loses rating factors from his 2025 Madrid last, Rome quarterfinal and Roland Garros spherical of 16 appearances.
