Jack Draper admits US Open 'relief' after opponent retired mid-match with injury

Jack Draper is into the second round of the US Open after Xian Jang retired with injury in the third set of their match Jack Draper admitted his relief to get back to action at the US Open After the Storm surrounding his last victory at the Cincinnati Masters the British No.1 had revealed he had spent four days non-stop thinking about the controversial Match Point against Felix augur alasam where he unwittingly hit the ball twice and he was abused on social media by fans and fellow players and so maybe the tennis fods looked down kindly on court five on Tuesday when his dangerous opponent zean Zang known as triple Z retired with a knee injury suffered in training last week after losing the last 11 games he was clearly injured and over time his injures seemed to get worse said Draper the quick win came after five set marathons in his opening rounds of the three other Grand Slams this season and he went on to lose in the second round both times he won Dot and there was a more low-key ending to this match when the Chinese No.1 quit after 65 minutes with the score at 63 64-0 Draper spent nearly as much time signing autographs and posing for selfies afterwards as reaching the second round dot after the other Grand Slams it's kind of a nice feeling to maybe to have one that was a little bit easier and hopefully can settle me in he said dot obviously it was a bit of a storm last week definitely when I played three tough matches there and then obviously the next match I lost against holder run I wasn't all that

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