Draper Reveals Extent Of Arm Injury Before Us Open

British number 1 Jack Draper says he feels "ready to go" astatine nan US Open contempt still emotion nan effects of a achy limb injury.

Left-handed Draper revealed he has been struggling for respective months pinch a bruised humerus - nan bony that runs from nan enarthrosis to elbow - connected his serving arm.

But nan 23-year-old Englishman, who reached nan New York semi-finals past year, attempted to play down nan rumor earlier his first-round lucifer connected Monday.

"It's an wounded which takes clip to heal," said Draper, who starts against qualifier Argentine qualifier Federico Agustin Gomez.

"A bony tin heal but it mightiness beryllium giving maine immoderate discomfort.

"I person been looking aft this for a while truthful I'm looking guardant to conscionable getting backmost competing.

"I don't consciousness for illustration I'll beryllium holding backmost astatine all."

Draper has not played a competitory singles lucifer since his astonishment Wimbledon second-round exit successful early July.

He pulled retired of nan Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open - some cardinal ATP tournaments starring up to nan US Open - successful bid to afloat retrieve from nan limb issue.

After starting to consciousness a problem during nan clay-court swing, he said it sewage "progressively worse" complete nan grass-court play which culminates astatine nan All England Club.

However, he was loathe to blasted nan wounded for his conclusion by seasoned force Marin Cilic.

"I felt for illustration my limb was shutting down a small spot erstwhile I was hitting forehands and connected nan serve," said Draper.

"It sewage progressively a spot worse. Then connected nan writer it sewage rather painful. I didn't cognize what I was dealing with.

"After nan grass, I sewage it checked out. It is 1 of those wherever if you support playing pinch it, it could go very, very serious.

"Saying that, it was not truthful bad because I could do a batch of different things arsenic good physically. It wasn't for illustration I had to extremity completely."

Draper returned to nan lucifer tribunal this week erstwhile he played alongside American prima Jessica Pegula successful nan new-look mixed doubles astatine Flushing Meadows.

While it did not look for illustration Draper went afloat throttle connected his service arsenic nan brace reached nan quarter-finals, he said it was "perfect" preparation.

"In tennis, having a period and a half retired is rather a agelong time," he said.

"I decidedly consciousness a batch sharper having played that arsenic opposed to possibly having a training week."