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<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jack-draper\">Jack Draper<\/a>\u2019s agonies on court continued with a painful first round defeat at the Cincinnati Masters against Spain\u2019s Martin Landaluce, with questions being asked about what comes next for the former British No 1.<\/p>\n<p>Draper has missed most of the last year with a bone bruising injury issue that he has struggled to resolve and he broke down in tears on court in last week\u2019s first round defeat at the Montreal Masters.<\/p>\n<p>There were some suggestions that he may be forced to call time on his 2026 season after that emotional outburst, so there was some surprise when he arrived in Cincinatti trying to overcome his injury issue once again.<\/p>\n<p>After a tentative start, Draper appeared to be getting into his groove as he opened up a big lead in the second set and he came within a point of taking the match into a deciding set.<\/p>\n<p>But it was clear that his arm problem was a major factor in his 6-3, 7-5 defeat, with Draper looking like a forlorn figure on court once again long before the final point was played.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/cincinnati-open-withdrawal-list-2026-8-players-out-carlos-alcaraz-emma-raducanu\">Cincinnati Open withdrawal list: 8 stars out as Carlos Alcaraz joins Emma Raducanu, Jack Draper next?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jessica-pegula-reacts-to-jack-drapers-emotional-exit-canadian-open\">Jessica Pegula reacts to Jack Draper\u2019s emotional exit from the Canadian Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former British No 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Ko9aFmTvsw&amp;t=18s\">Greg Rusedski gave his verdict on Draper\u2019s injury crisis on his podcast,<\/a> as he questioned what he can do to overcome the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is really, really concerning and serious,\u201d said Rusedski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter how great a player you are in the men\u2019s game, if you cannot get that serve in play to get the first strike on your serve, it\u2019s very difficult. Because you look at the ground strokes, you look at the returns, you look at the movement, you look at his hands, it\u2019s all there. Everything\u2019s there. But you put one hand behind the back if you\u2019re not able to serve properly. And for me that\u2019s the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like he\u2019s going to have to have a long period away of rest. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s tried the injections to get the inflammation down on multiple occasions, maybe on too many occasions, who knows? The only one who knows is him and his team around him. So for me, it looks like the solution is possibly another long break away, finding a way to heal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s tried the racket, he\u2019s tried the strings, he\u2019s tried so many things. I mean, I feel for him. I don\u2019t know what to say to the guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel really, really bad, because the potential, the talent is there. Who knows what the reason is behind it, but he\u2019s trying to find a solution. You know, from what I\u2019m seeing over the past year, I don\u2019t know how he gets there. And to me, that is very worrying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Draper is due to play with Jessica Pegula in the US Open mixed doubles even that will take place the week before the US Open later this month, but his appearance in that event must now be in huge doubt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jack-draper-lifts-lid-change-mindset-hitting-rock-bottom-injuries\">Jack Draper lifts lid on change of mindset after hitting \u2018rock bottom\u2019 with injuries<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Draper\u2019s agony continues in Cincinnati as questions asked over his next move Kevin Palmer 13 Aug 2026 7:00 PM Jack Draper at the Cincinnati Masters Jack Draper\u2019s agonies on court continued with a painful first round defeat at the Cincinnati Masters against Spain\u2019s Martin Landaluce, with questions being asked about what comes next for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2092016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2092016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2092016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2092016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2092016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}