Jack Draper withdraws from Monte-Carlo Masters on side of caution

Jack Draper withdraws from Monte-Carlo Masters on side of caution

Draper has spoken about needing to be patient in his comeback after eight months out with bone bruising in his left arm

Jack Draper withdraws from Monte Carlo Masters as comeback put on hold

Jack Draper won't be returning to the court at the Monte Carlo Masters next week.

Britain's Jack Draper has withdrawn from next week's Monte Carlo Masters tennis as he continues to manage his recovery from an arm injury.

The world number 25 from Sutton has competed in three events in five weeks since making his return to competitive action. He'll keep training in London to build his fitness ahead of the clay court season.

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The Monte Carlo Masters has been hit by another double withdrawal as Jack Draper and Sebastian Korda have become the latest players to pull out of the clay-court tournament.

Jack Draper joins the list of withdrawals from Monte-Carlo Masters next week

The tennis clay court season starts this week, with the first main tournament in the ATP, the Monte-Carlo Masters, between April 5 and 12. However, it will have some sensible withdrawals: Novak Djokovic already confirmed he would miss the event (a first since 2011), as well as Taylor Fritz. On Tuesday, two more players have said they won't attend the event, the British Jack Draper and the American Sebastian Korda. Draper suffered an injury at t…