Overview
- Draper, who disclosed Wednesday on Instagram his withdrawal from Roland Garros, ends his clay season with an aggravated tendon in his right knee.
- The problem first flared in Barcelona when he retired against Tomás Martín Etcheverry, then he skipped Madrid and Rome after being told not to risk best-of-five matches on clay.
- His ATP ranking is projected to fall outside the top 100 as points from last year’s Madrid final, Rome quarter-final and French Open fourth round expire.
- He says the knee is on the mend and he is aiming for Stuttgart on June 8 and Queen’s, with a likely unseeded return at Wimbledon despite direct entry before the cut-off.
- The latest setback follows a six-month absence for a left-arm bone bruise, even after a promising February comeback highlighted by a win over Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells.