{"id":448430,"date":"2026-02-04T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/448430\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:49:07","slug":"lots-of-dark-moments-jack-draper-ready-for-davis-cup-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/448430\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lots of dark moments’ \u2013 Jack Draper ready for Davis Cup return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Draper says he has had to overcome “lots of dark moments” during his injury lay-off as he prepares to make his long-awaited return in Great Britain’s Davis Cup qualifier against Norway in Oslo.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old’s 2025 season was derailed by an injury to his upper left arm which first flared up during the clay-court season in the spring. He has played just one singles match since his second round exit at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Draper, the British number one, had previously been enjoying a breakout season, reaching the fourth round at the Australian Open and French Open, winning his maiden Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells, and climbing to a career-high ranking of four in June.<\/p>\n

Although he attempted a comeback at the US Open, partnering Jessica Pegula in the mixed doubles and winning his first round singles match, he later pulled out of the tournament due to injury. <\/p>\n

He subsequently withdrew from the Ultimate Tennis Showdown in December and did not travel to Melbourne for the Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“[It’s] been a long time since I’ve been able to compete. I’ve stayed in a good place, although it’s been tricky [with] a lot of dark moments and a lot of tough times, but that’s the sport I signed up for,” Draper told the LTA website.<\/p>\n

“I’m happy to be back playing again. I miss the buzz of competing. I’ve missed the thrill of playing in front of people, against great players, and that winning feeling you can’t replicate in training.<\/p>\n

“It’s going to feel great to get back out there again.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Draper says he has had to overcome “lots of dark moments” during his injury lay-off as he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-448430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}