Draper overcomes injury scare to win in Cincinnati

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Draper overcomes injury scare to win in Cincinnati

Jack Draper required a medical time out before beating Jaume Munar 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7-5) in the first round of the Cincinnati Open in Ohio.

The British No.1 struggled in the latter stages, but dug deep after treatment on his abdomen in the deciding set and will play Greece’s world No.11 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next round.

Draper recovered from 4-2 down in the opening set to twice break Munar, but the Spaniard, ranked 89, levelled it up by taking the second.

Both players broke serve early in the decider and after Draper saved a break point to lead 6-5, the 22-year-old left-hander called for the trainer.

Munar comfortably held serve to take it to a tie-break, but Draper, who became British No.1 earlier this summer after winning his first career ATP Tour title in Stuttgart, defied waning energy levels to take it 7-5.

Tsitsipas beat Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6 6-4 6-3, while world No.1 Jannik Sinner reached round two with a 6-4 7-5 win against ********* qualifier Alex Michelsen.

Denmark’s Holger Rune and Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime also progressed.

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