Thursday, 19 December 2024 Britain's Jack Draper will miss the first event of the 2025 season with a hip injury but is "very positive" about competing at the Australian Open.
The assistant headteacher at the Jack Draper's childhood school says his tennis talents were visible at from eight-years-old. Alex Gainer from Parkside School in Cobham adds that from "minute one" Draper was "so determined" and "wanted to win every point". His comments come after Draper claimed the biggest title of his career so far, defeating Denmark's Holger Rune in the Indian Wells final. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Thursday, 19 December 2024
Britain's Jack Draper will miss the first event of the 2025 season with a hip injury but is "very positive" about competing at the Australian Open.
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