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Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 24 - ATP 500 - HSBC Championships - The Queen's Club, London, Great Britain (grass)

brittak · Satellite level

Unfortunately Draper has pulled out

seagull · Tennis legend

Dont see the point in this. Was close to playing the French apparently

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Dont see the point in this. Was close to playing the French apparently

He says it's a new injury

A knee tendon issue .....

seagull · Tennis legend

Good god

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh gee

Jack has 200 SF points to drop from Queen's last year. Will drop him probably to the 160s in the rankings and at best GB #7

JonH · Tennis legend

Its not a new knee tendon, I dont think, same one since barcelona.

He says its going ok and he is delaying for just one week

Draper, a semi-finalist in London last year, has not competed since retiring from his only clay-court match of the season in Barcelona on 13 April because of a tendon issue in his right knee.
"Recovery is going in the right direction, but I'm going to give myself one more week and aim to return at Eastbourne," said the 24-year-old.

So not a new injury. Frustrating still.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

brittak wrote:
Unfortunately Draper has pulled out

That's a blow - the story as reported by the Beeb less than an hour ago. He's now aiming for Eastbourne:

Draper delays comeback and misses Queen's

Harry Poole
BBC Sports Journalist

British number three Jack Draper will not play at Queen's next week after delaying his comeback from injury by at least another week.

Draper, a semi-finalist in London last year, has not competed since retiring from his only clay-court match of the season in Barcelona on 13 April because of a tendon issue in his right knee. "Recovery is going in the right direction, but I'm going to give myself one more week and aim to return at Eastbourne," said the 24-year-old. "It's very hard to miss one of my favourite events of the year."

The women's tournament at Queen's, which began on Monday, ends on Sunday, and the men's gets under way the following day. The Eastbourne Open runs from 22-27 June and Wimbledon starts on 29 June.

Draper was optimistic that he would be fit for the French Open, which started on 24 May, but he was advised not to rush back into playing five-set tennis on clay. His most recent tournament in Barcelona was only the fourth event of his 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.

Despite beating Novak Djokovic on his way to the Indian Wells quarter-finals in March, Draper has fallen outside the world's top 100 from a career high of four last summer. He added three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray to his coaching team for the grass-court season after parting company with Jamie Delgado.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
seagull wrote:
Dont see the point in this. Was close to playing the French apparently
He says it's a new injury
A knee tendon issue .....

Sorry - my bad - seems I go this injury list confused..... not new at all

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

Guy is made of glass sadly. It's a shame but it seems like his potential will be ruined by consistent niggling injuries

Var · Challenger qualifying

Eastbourne? Lower level so would be a nice run into Wimbledon if he felt up to it?

-- Edited by Var on Wednesday 10th of June 2026 07:40:55 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

thegingerlightbulb wrote:
Guy is made of glass sadly. It's a shame but it seems like his potential will be ruined by consistent niggling injuries

Tbf hasn't it really just been about the arm bone bruising for a while now?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
thegingerlightbulb wrote:
Guy is made of glass sadly. It's a shame but it seems like his potential will be ruined by consistent niggling injuries
Tbf hasn't it really just been about the arm bone bruising for a while now?

But now it's his knee

And there was the stomach issue, no?

I think it's a lot to do with age

A lot of the guys his age seem to need time to grow into themselves - Tsonga couldn't step on court before hurting himself at the same age, I seem to remember.