{"id":717488,"date":"2026-07-29T15:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717488\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:40:25","slug":"jack-draper-pulls-out-of-dc-open-with-arm-injury-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717488\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Draper pulls out of DC Open with arm injury setback"},"content":{"rendered":"

28 Jul 2026, 05:51 Updated: 1d ago <\/p>\n

The former world number four has now fallen to a ranking of 147.<\/p>\n

28 Jul 2026, 05:51 | Updated: 1d ago <\/p>\n

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\"Jack<\/p>\n

Jack Draper pulls out of DC Open with arm injury setback.<\/p>\n

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Jack Draper has pulled out of this week\u2019s Mubadala DC Open with an arm injury, tournament officials have announced.<\/p>\n

It is the latest setback for the 24-year-old, who has been dogged by fitness issues throughout the year and missed the first three grand slam events.<\/a><\/p>\n

The former world number four, who has now fallen to a ranking of 147, had been due to play American Alex Michelsen in the first round.<\/p>\n

A statement on X read: \u201cJack Draper has withdrawn from the tournament with a left arm injury. He will be replaced in the draw by lucky loser Mackenzie McDonald.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is understood that Draper has withdrawn to focus on next month\u2019s ATP Tour events in Montreal and Cincinnati, although he would need a wild card in both, and the US Open, for which he would probably need to qualify.<\/p>\n

Read more: Britain’s Jack Draper pulls out of Wimbledon over injury<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more: Campaigners given green light for second legal challenge against Wimbledon expansion<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jack Draper has struggled with an arm injury.<\/p>\n

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Draper was forced to pull out of Wimbledon last month after the recurrence of his arm injury.<\/p>\n

He said at the time: \u201cDevastated to share that I have had to withdraw from my first-round match due to a recurrence of my arm injury. <\/p>\n

“There have been a lot of painful moments in the last 12 months but this one is definitely the absolute worst as there is no greater honour for a British player than playing at Wimbledon. <\/p>\n

“I will continue to persevere through this. Thank you for the support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Draper had finally returned to the court in Eastbourne the week prior for the first time since April and performed strongly, reaching the semi-finals under the guidance of new coach Andy Murray.<\/p>\n

His troubles began after Wimbledon the previous year, when he took nearly seven months off with bone bruising in his arm, and then missed almost the entire clay-court season due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"28 Jul 2026, 05:51 Updated: 1d ago The former world number four has now fallen to a ranking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-717488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}