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Draper admits he's still lagging behind
The Journal
|June 04, 2025
JACK Draper believes it might take him another two years to reach the levels of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
Draper, 23, missed out on the chance to face world number one Sinner at the French Open after slipping to a fourth-round defeat to Alexander Bublik.
The British number one is now up to fourth in the live ATP rankings, behind only Sinner, Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev.
But the injuries Draper suffered early in his career means he is lagging behind in terms of experience; the Bublik defeat was his 162nd Tour-level match while 22-year-old Alcaraz has played more than 300 and Sinner, only a few months older than Draper, has played over 350.
This story is from the June 04, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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