LONDON (AP) 鈥� Jack Draper, who has played just one tennis match since Wimbledon because of injury, will not be fit for next month鈥檚 Australian Open.
The 10th-ranked Draper’s 2025 season was prematurely curtailed by bone bruising in his left arm.
鈥淯nfortunately, me and my team have decided not to head out to Australia this year,” the 24-year-old British player said in a video on X on Friday. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a really, really tough decision. Obviously Australia being a Grand Slam, it鈥檚 one of the biggest tournaments in our sport.
鈥淗owever, I鈥檝e had this injury for a long time. I鈥檓 at the very, very end stages of the process and to step back on court into best-of-five-set tennis so soon just doesn鈥檛 seem like a smart decision right now.”
Draper withdrew from his second-round match at the US Open in August before calling time on his season soon after. He was beaten by Marin Cilic in the second round of Wimbledon in July.
The Australian Open in Melbourne starts on January 18.
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