{"id":14244,"date":"2026-04-29T20:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=14244"},"modified":"2026-04-29T20:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:15:57","slug":"jack-draper-to-miss-french-open-and-rest-of-clay-court-season-with-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=14244","title":{"rendered":"Jack Draper to miss French Open and rest of clay court season with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Britain’s Jack Draper will miss the rest of the clay court season – including next month’s French Open – because of an ongoing knee injury.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 24-year-old hopes to return for June\u2019s grass court season but by then will almost certainly have fallen outside the world\u2019s top 100. <\/p>\n

Draper retired from his one and only clay court match of the season in Barcelona earlier this month because of the tendon issue in his right knee. <\/p>\n

He then pulled out of back-to-back ATP 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome, but expressed optimism that he would be fit for the French Open. <\/p>\n

“My knee is on the mend and I\u2019ve started back hitting balls but unfortunately I have been advised not to play Roland Garros,” Draper posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n

“As gutting as it is to miss another Slam, the advice is not to rush straight back into playing five set tennis on clay.”<\/p>\n

The tournament in Barcelona was just the fourth event of Draper’s comeback from bone bruising in his serving arm, which – bar one match at the US Open – had kept him off the tour since Wimbledon last year.<\/p>\n

“Off the back of the arm injury, I\u2019ve been restricted with my training and by giving myself the time to heal and build, I can be the player I want to be out there once again,” Draper added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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