Draper shares his tonsillitis struggle after exit

JACK Draper revealed he was suffering with tonsillitis after making an angry exit from Queen's Club, writes Andy Sims.

- Andy Sims

The British number one, who is based in Leatherhead, smashed his racket, damaging a digital advertising hoarding and grazing his knee, as his semi-final against Jiri Lehecka slipped away from him.

Draper explained he was low on energy due to the illness and was getting angry in a bid to gee himself up. But when world number 30 Lehecka fizzed a backhand past him to break for 6-5 in the deciding set, the 23-year-old exploded with rage.

"It was bit of everything, really," he said. "The way I was sort of playing at times. Obviously the fact that I've worked so hard to get myself in that position. I really tried to get myself up, get the energy going.