Richard Pagliaro | @tennisnow | Thursday, March 13, 2025
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Southwest London is the center of the sports world, two weeks a year in summer.
The British said that while Wimbledon is the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, several European countries surpassed the British tennis culture. Jack Draper.
Draper, who beat 2022 BNP Paribas Open champion Taylor Fritz, spoke in the Indian Wells media outlet, said tennis is more in love with other European countries.
“I think England, we obviously have Wimbledon. That’s one of the biggest sporting events in the world,” Draper said. “I said, three weeks of the year, we were all in tennis. I think we were lucky to have Andy Murray and the other players really showed me the path and inspired me to be my top player.
“I would say that we don’t matter to the actual culture of tennis in the UK.”
Last September, Draper became the fourth British in the history of the open era that reached the U.S. Open semifinals.
The 23-year-old Draper said he hopes his generation of rising British players, including U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu, can help you grow your game at home.
“Obviously, other tennis countries, I think it’s better than Italy, Spain and France,” Draper said. “They love tennis more than we are as a country, but I think, hopefully with grass and hope that everything that comes with Emma and other top players and other top players, we can really have a great show and inspire a lot of people to play.”
