Jack Draper says he is gaining confidence in his body after extending his winning return from injury by reaching the Eastbourne Open semi-finals with another encouraging straight-set victory.

Contesting his first tournament in more than two months after he sustained a knee injury in April's Barcelona Open, Britain's former world number four Draper beat Canada's Gabriel Diallo for his third straight win on the south coast this week.

The 24-year-old maintained a high level throughout and fired in 22 winners while making just four unforced errors during the 69-minute contest.

Draper has endured a challenging period in his career, with injuries to his arm, knee and shoulder disrupting his progress over the past year.

Jack Draper missed out on a place in the Eastbourne final as Ugo Humbert ended the Briton's encouraging return to competition following injury.

Draper, 24, had earned three consecutive straight-set wins to reach the semi-finals at his first tournament in more than two months, after he sustained a knee injury at the Barcelona Open in April.

The former world number four gained more valuable time on court before turning his attention to Wimbledon, but he lost 7-5 6-3 after 100 minutes in sapping conditions against the 30th-ranked Humbert.

Draper, who has fallen to 160th in the world amid his injury struggles, learned on Friday he will meet American sixth seed Taylor Fritz in a tough opening assignment at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday.

ATP Rankings Update:

(3) 2. Alexander Zverev (Germany)

(2) 3. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

(6) 5. Alex de Minaur (Australia)

(5) 6. Ben Shelton (USA)

(8) 7. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

(9) 8. Daniil Medvedev

(10) 9. Flavio Cobolli (Italy)

(7) 10. Taylor Fritz (USA)

(14) 12. Jiri Lehceka (Czech Republic)

(12) 13. Casper Ruud (Norway)

(15) 14. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)

(17) 15. Learner Tien (USA)

(13) 16. Andrey Rublev

(19) 17. Frances Tiafoe (USA)

(16) 18. Luciano Darderi (Italy)

(18) 19. Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic)

(23) 20. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain)

WTA Rankings Update:

(4) 3. Jessica Pegula (USA)

(7) 4. Coco Gauff (USA)

(9) 6. Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic)

(12) 7. Linda Noskova (Czech Republic)

(3) 8. Iga Swiatek (Poland)

(6) 9. Amanda Anisimova (USA)

(8) 10. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

(13) 11. Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)

(10) 12. Victoria Mboko (Canada)

(14) 13. Naomi Osaka (Japan)

(11) 14. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)

(17) 15. Jasmine Paolini (Italy)

(18) 17. Sorana Cirstea (Romania)

(15) 18. Diana Shanaider

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Mayar Sherif and her f***ing grunt lmao 😭😭😭😭

Sadly the time is up for Novak now. When you're losing in the first round of a Slam there's no coming back from that, just ask Rafa.

Also can't believe that the moment Alcaraz announced his return, Sinner pulled out. We've been robbed as tennis fans in 2026 of not seeing the only interesting rivalry in the sport right now.

Novax being out in the first round is music to my ears

Two weeks of rooting for Zverev to lose at some point because honestly, I don’t think Carlos is ready and I already live in denial that he won a GS this year because it’s the easiest run to a title anyone will ever have. But to block out two gets a bit harder.

Katie Boulter has fallen 6-0 6-1 to Karolina Muchova and honestly it was a combo of the former having nothing working and the latter being in god mode. I would actually rather Katie have lost this way if it means Karolina can go far and even win this slam after missing out on her second final.

Also shocked that Jodar is doing so badly! I had him down as a minimum QF with the form he’s been in!

Great win for Fran though!

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Less please of these influencers disrupting the match.

Interesting that the Men's and Women's competitions have switched this year in terms of how things usually proceed with the top Men's seeds dropping like flies and the entire top 6 Women making the QFs.

Shelton finally records a win over a top 3 player, knocking Alcaraz out of the US Open

Guaranteed American in the final as well

Ok that was a shock even if Carlos wasn't in tip top form. Still think Zverez clears up from here but if he doesn't it'll be the first year since 2014 that the 4 Slams were won by 4 different players.

Rybakina now just one Roland Garros title away from a career grand slam! Something which Sabalenka will certainly never achieve.

Oooh Ben Shelton has actually won a set in the final - hope he can push it to a 5th (not just because I find him stunning beautiful)

Well it looks as if Zverev is now playing the Djokovic role to Sinner-Alcaraz's Federer-Nadal rivalry!