Jack Draper pulls out of Shanghai Masters as he sends message to British tennis star

Draper was forced to discontinue successful the Japan Open connected Sunday and has not recovered successful clip to play successful Shanghai

British fig 1 Jack Draper has pulled retired of this week's Shanghai Masters done injury.

The 22-year-old retired from his quarter-final clash against France's Ugo Humbert astatine the Japan Open on Sunday. Draper required attraction connected an abdominal occupation and, aft trying to continue, had to telephone it a time astatine 7-5 2-1 down.

Draper's campy accidental helium does not yet cognize the grade of the wounded but feels the turnaround from Tokyo to Shanghai is excessively quick. The Japan Open was Draper's archetypal ATP tourney since helium reached the semi-finals of the US Open earlier this month.

The world fig 20 played for Great Britain successful the Davis Cup a fewer days aboriginal but mislaid some of his matches. Afterwards, Draper complained that the existent tennis docket is excessively busy.

"It's a intelligence calendar," helium said. "There's virtually nary break. It's truly mentally and physically challenging."

Draper had a first-round bye successful Shanghai and would person faced either Hugo Gaston oregon Jaume Munar successful circular two. Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and satellite fig 1 Jannik Sinner are successful the draw.

Meanwhile, Draper has congratulated chap Brit Jacob Fearnley after his ascent into the world's apical 100. The 23-year-old's 4th Challenger Tour rubric of the twelvemonth catapulted him up the rankings - conscionable months aft leaving Texan Christian University.

British No.1 Draper posted a photograph of him and Fearnley unneurotic astatine Wimbledon arsenic children connected X and wrote: “So blessed for Jacob Fearnley…. Top 100 !!! A large person from young but we went connected our ain paths. An astonishing feline and unthinkable player. You merit this !!! Only the beginning.”