Jack Draper’s US Open ended as he was beaten 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2 by Jannik Sinner in the semi-final
After navigating the most important two weeks of his blossoming career with admirable ruthlessness and self-belief, Jack Draper walked onto Arthur Ashe Stadium for the biggest match of his career fully aware that the challenge required him to elevate both his game and physicality to new levels in order to contend with the No 1 men’s player,Instead, the matchup descended into total chaos as Draper struggled physically, vomiting multiple times and sweating profusely in humid conditions while...
This remains a remarkable turn of events considering the news that preceded Sinner’s presence in New York. A week before the US Open began, the Italian announced that he had twice tested positive for the banned substance clostebol in April before a recent independent tribunal determined that Sinner bore no fault or negligence for the presence of the banned substance in his body due to contamination.
Although Sinner is just four months Draper’s senior, the pair began the match with such a wide gulf in experience. Almost every aspect of this semi-final run has been new territory for Draper, who had only reached one grand slam fourth round in his career beforehand, whereas Sinner has spent the last three years inside the top 20 and he is already just the fourth active player to reach the semi-finals of all four grand slam tournaments.
After a fairly low profile start , the match quickly descended into total chaos in the second set as it became clear that Draper was struggling physically. His problems were reflected first in him sweating profusely, sending multiple rackets off-court to change their grips and then changing his soaking tennis shoes because they deemed too “dangerous” to compete.
Draper’s physical issues have been the defining issue of his career so far, from the heat stroke he suffered in his debut match to the various injuries and problems that have hurt his attempts to rise up the rankings in recent years.
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