It was a bit of a bloody Wednesday on the men's side of the U.S. Open in New York, with two top-20 seeds losing and No. 5 seed Jack Draper being forced to withdraw due to an arm injury.
Draper, who made his deepest Grand-Slam run to the semifinals of last year's U.S. Open, has been transparent about being in recovery from a bone bruise on his left arm. He announced the news on X before his scheduled second-round match against Belgium's Zizou Bergs, who advanced to the third round via walkover.
"I'm sorry to say I'll be withdrawing from the US open," the British No. 1 posted on X Wednesday. "I tried my very best to be here and give myself every chance to play but the discomfort in my arm has become too much and I have to do what is right and look after myself. Thank you for all the suppor