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Draper confident of breaking duck
Paisley Daily Express
|May 24, 2025
JACK Draper claims he is finally ready to break his French Open duck.
The British number one enters the second grand slam of the season as the fifth seed despite having never won a match at Roland Garros.
Draper was ranked 39 in the world when he was beaten by qualifier Jesper De Jong in the first round last year.
It proved something of a watershed moment for the Londoner, who has since been a US Open semi-finalist, an ATP Masters winner and climbed into the world’s top five.
Draper, who faces Italian Mattia Bellucci in the first round, admitted: “It's weird, I've never won a match here, but I come here feeling good about my tennis.
This story is from the May 24, 2025 edition of Paisley Daily Express.
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