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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tumaini Carayol at Wimbledon

Draper pulls out of Wimbledon with arm injury in fresh blow to British hopes

Jack Draper, wearing all black, prepares to play a backhand
Jack Draper’s withdrawal comes after he played his first tournament in more than two months last week. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images

Jack Draper has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon after a relapse of the arm injury that has sidelined him for much of the past year.

Draper had been scheduled to play on Tuesday in one of the most widely discussed first-round matches against the sixth seed, Taylor Fritz. The Briton had just returned from another layoff after a nightmarish year of injuries, with his appearance in Eastbourne last week marking his first tournament in two and a half months after struggling with knee tendinitis.

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