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Andy Murray backs Jack Draper for Wimbledon return: ‘He’s bloody good’

Jack Draper in action at Indian Wells in March
Jack Draper in action at Indian Wells in March. The British player is set to return to Eastbourne after a series of injury layoffs. Photograph: John G Mabanglo/EPA

Sir Andy Murray has issued a bullish bulletin on the fitness and ability of Jack Draper before Wimbledon, revealing that he has been practising on court most days and hailing his tennis as “bloody good”.

Draper has plummeted to No 113 in the world due to a series of injuries, having been ranked fourth last year, and has not played since the Barcelona Open in April. But Murray, who has been working with the British player for the last month at the LTA’s National Tennis Centre as an adviser and temporary coach, believes that his body is now on the mend.

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