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Legend McEnroe rates Draper a strong chance for title

- BY NEIL McLEMAN

JOHN MCENROE claims Jack Draper is the fourth favourite to win Wimbledon - after growing from a 5ft 14-year-old lad into a “physical specimen".

Three-time Wimbledon champion McEnroe saw the potential of the tiny teenager at his US tennis academy.

But the British No.1, now a strapping 6ft 4in, has seen a spurt in his career over the last 12 months as he reached the US Open semi-finals and won the Indian Wells Masters.

Now 23, Draper will be seeded No.4 when the draw is made in SW19 this morning and will avoid top two Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz until the semi-finals.

Legend McEnroe, now a BBC commentator, said: "I'm very impressed with Jack. I knew that he had a lot of talent. I didn't realise he was that good an athlete.

"He has really developed into a force. He's seeded four, he's four in the world so to me, he’s the fourth favorite, without a doubt.

"And I think on this surface, he could play against anybody.