Jack Draper: British number 1 withdraws from Shanghai Masters due to abdominal injury sustained in Tokyo | Tennis News

British number 1 Jack Draper withdrew from the Shanghai Masters this week due to injury.

The 22-year-old was eliminated from his quarter-final duel against Frenchman Ugo Humbert at the Japan Open on Sunday.

Draper required treatment for an abdominal problem and, after trying to keep going, was forced to retire trailing 7-5, 2-1.

Draper’s camp says he doesn’t yet know the extent of the injury but believes the turnaround from Tokyo to Shanghai is happening too quickly.

The Japan Open was Draper’s first ATP tournament since reaching the semifinals of the US Open earlier this month.

The world number 20 played for Great Britain in the Davis Cup a few days later, but lost both games.

Draper had a first-round bye in Shanghai and would have faced either Hugo Gaston or Jaume Munar in the second round.

Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and world number 1 Jannik Sinner are in the draw.

What’s coming up on Sky Sports Tennis in October?

• Shanghai Masters – ATP 1000
• Wuhan Open – WTA 1000 (October 6-12 – Emma Raducanu in action)
• Almaty Open, Kazakhstan – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
• Stockholm Open, Sweden – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
• European Open, Antwerp – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
• Japan Open, Osaka – WTA 250 (October 14-20)
• Ningbo Open, China – WTA 500 (October 14-20)
• Erste Bank Open, Vienna – ATP 500 (October 21-27)
• Swiss Indoors, Basel – ATP 500 (October 21-27)
• Guangzhou Open, China – WTA 250 (October 21-27)
• Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis, Tokyo – WTA 500 (October 21-27)

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