{"id":3386,"date":"2026-04-13T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3386\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:20:09","slug":"draper-retires-from-barcelona-open-as-first-match-back-ends-worryingly-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3386\/","title":{"rendered":"Draper retires from Barcelona Open as first match back ends worryingly | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Draper was forced to retire in the third set of his Barcelona opener with Tom\u00e1s Etcheverry on Monday afternoon. The Briton looked off the pace as he battled with his Argentine opponent, despite taking the first set 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Etcheverry managed to pull the second set back with the same score to force a decider, but Draper lasted just five games before he had to step away. At 4-1 down, the match took a momentary break in play as the 24-year-old took a medical time out. But minutes later, he was forced to concede.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures showed the Londoner looking dejected as he shook hands with Etcheverry at the net, while the result of the match was read out by the court-side umpire.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures, and video on this breaking news story.<\/p>\n<p>Stay up to date with all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter @\u200cDExpress_Sport &#8211; the official Daily Express &amp; <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Express.co.uk<\/a> Twitter account &#8211; providing real news in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re also on Facebook @\u200cDailyExpressSport &#8211; offering your must-see news, features, videos, and pictures throughout the day to like, comment, and share from the Daily Express, Sunday Express, and <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Express.co.uk<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Draper was forced to retire in the third set of his Barcelona opener with Tom\u00e1s Etcheverry on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2441,92,1422,1421,1956,2442,2443],"class_list":["post-3386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-atp-tour","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-open","tag-jack-draper","tag-retirement","tag-tennis-section","tag-tomu00e1s-etcheverry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}