Draper 'working hard to get fit' for Davis Cup

Jack Draper is acceptable to articulation up with the Great Britain Davis Cup squad connected Tuesday and is “working hard to get fit” aft picking up what helium called a niggle astatine the US Open.

Draper, 22, lost to Jannik Sinner successful a physically demanding US Open semi-final successful New York connected Friday.

"After a abbreviated turnaround pursuing the US Open, Jack volition beryllium joining the squad successful Manchester connected Tuesday up of the archetypal lucifer connected Wednesday," a spokesperson for Draper said.

"Jack and his squad are moving hard to get acceptable and Leon [Smith] volition instrumentality each this into relationship erstwhile helium makes his squad selection."

The British squad volition instrumentality connected Finland connected Wednesday, earlier facing Argentina connected Friday and past 2022 champions Canada connected Sunday, 15 September successful Group D.

Henry Patten, who won the men's doubles rubric astatine Wimbledon with Finland's Harri Heliovaara, replaced Joe Salisbury successful the five-man team.

Captain Smith besides named Billy Harris, the seasoned Dan Evans and experienced doubles subordinate Neal Skupski successful his squad.

Harris replaced erstwhile British fig 1 Cameron Norrie, who had to retreat from the US Open done injury.

The Davis Cup finals, which diagnostic 8 countries, volition beryllium held successful the Spanish metropolis of Malaga successful November.