{"id":287708,"date":"2023-08-24T21:49:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=287708"},"modified":"2023-08-24T21:49:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:49:48","slug":"andy-murray-and-jack-draper-confirm-they-are-both-fit-for-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-and-jack-draper-confirm-they-are-both-fit-for-the-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray and Jack Draper confirm they are BOTH fit for the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Andy Murray and Jack Draper confirm they are BOTH fit for next week&#8217;s US Open&#8230; after the Brits withdrew from warm-up events because of injury<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jack Draper and ex-US Open champion Andy Murray are fit for the tournament<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Draper returns from shoulder injury to play Radu Albot in the US Open first round<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Murray, back from an abdominal issue, will take on Frenchman Corentin Moutet\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Andy Murray and Jack Draper confirmed their fitness for next week\u2019s US Open after appearing in the draw for the season\u2019s final Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>The former champion and Britain\u2019s most promising male have both withdrawn from warm-up events through injury in the last fortnight, with Draper the more doubtful after his shoulder played up again this week at Winston Salem.<\/p>\n<p>He is fit to meet Moldova\u2019s Radu Albot in the first round. Murray, back from an abdominal issue, will fancy his chances against Frenchman Corentin Moutet and could play fellow veteran Grigor Dimitrov in round two.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Evans and Cam Norrie have experienced mainly lows this summer \u2014 aside from Evans\u2019 title in Washington \u2014 and will play Colombia\u2019s Daniel Galen and Russia\u2019s Andrey Shevchenko respectively.<\/p>\n<p>US Open debutante Jodie Burrage meets another Russian in Anna Blinkova and British No 1 Katie Boulter takes on unseeded Frenchwoman Diane Parry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/21\/74699165-12442979-image-a-74_1692910059729.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray (above) and Jack Draper confirmed they&#8217;re both fit ahead of next week&#8217;s US Open<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/24\/21\/74699201-12442979-image-a-75_1692910191250.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Draper (above) is fit to play Radu Albot in the first round after recovering from a shoulder injury<\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek is top seed among the women and Burrage could meet the No 2, Aryna Sabalenka, in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Of the two strong favourites to meet each other in the final, Novak Djokovic was given a more comfortable looking passage through the first week than defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. The Serb missed last year\u2019s tournament due to his refusal to take a Covid vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Jeddah in Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as host city for the ATP NextGen finals, the event for this year\u2019s top eight young players.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came as Qatar Sports Investments took ownership of the two rival tours in the fast-growing sport of padel tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12442979\/Andy-Murray-Jack-Draper-confirm-fit-weeks-Open-Brits-withdrew-warm-events-injury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Murray and Jack Draper confirm they are BOTH fit for next week&#8217;s US Open&#8230; after the Brits withdrew from warm-up events because of injury Jack Draper and ex-US Open champion Andy Murray are fit for the tournament Draper returns from shoulder injury to play Radu Albot in the US Open first round Murray, back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andy Murray and Jack Draper confirm they are BOTH fit for the US Open - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-and-jack-draper-confirm-they-are-both-fit-for-the-us-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andy Murray and Jack Draper confirm they are BOTH fit for the US Open - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andy Murray and Jack Draper confirm they are BOTH fit for next week&#8217;s US Open&#8230; 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