Draper forced to retire with injury in fourth-round Indian Wells clash

Jack Draper is forced to retire from his fourth-round Indian Wells clash with US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz… with the Brit overcome by the abdominal injury he picked up in his victory over Andy Murray

• Jack Draper was forced to pull out of his fourth-round clash with Carlos Alcaraz
• He retired in the second set due to an abdominal injury he was battling with 
• Draper picked up the injury during his third-round win over Andy Murray 

Jack Draper was forced to retire in the second set of his fourth-round clash with Carlos Alcaraz at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

The 21-year-old Brit was ultimately overcome by an abdominal injury he picked up during his previous match against Andy Murray.

He went shot-for-shot with the Spanish world number two in the early stages, but noticeably lagged as the first set went on.

Draper’s serve and movement suffered as Alcaraz ran away with the opener 6-2.

Some treatment from the physio in-between sets did little to improve his condition, and the world number 43 was only able to last two games in the second set before retiring.

Jack Draper retired from his fourth-round Indian Wells clash with an abdominal injury

Carlos Alcaraz consoles Draper after he pulled out of their match during the second set

Draper struggled with the injury which he picked up against Andy Murray in the last round

The result means Alcaraz moves within three wins of regaining the world number one ranking.

Emma Raducanu meanwhile also crashed out of the Indian Wells as she suffered a straight sets defeat to World No 1 Iga Swiatek on Tuesday night. 

Swiatek, bidding to become only the second female player to successfully defend the Indian Wells title after Martina Navratilova in 1990-91, secured a 6-3 6-1 victory over Raducanu.

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