{"id":10357,"date":"2025-07-02T06:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/wimbledon-2025-baez-gets-injured-so-an-impressive-draper-progresses\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T06:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:03:59","slug":"wimbledon-2025-baez-gets-injured-so-an-impressive-draper-progresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/wimbledon-2025-baez-gets-injured-so-an-impressive-draper-progresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon 2025: Baez gets injured, so an impressive draper progresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/wimbledon-2025-baez-gets-injured-so-an-impressive-draper-progresses\/#Evans_Pinnington_Jones\" >Evans, Pinnington Jones<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/wimbledon-2025-baez-gets-injured-so-an-impressive-draper-progresses\/#Watson_Ballage_falls_to_the_first_hurdle\" >Watson, Ballage falls to the first hurdle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The confident-looking Jack Draper moved to the second round at Wimbledon, retiring from injury while his opponent Sebastian Baez could be defeated on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The physicality of the world No. 4 seemed to do too much for Argentina to cope. Draper led 6-2, 6-2, 2-1, and after getting injured at the start of the second set, he led 6-2, 6-2, 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to advance past the second round at the home grand slam, Draper got off to a perfect start as he beat Bez in the first game of the match amid the intense summer heat in southwest London.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513622_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513622_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513622_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513622_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>He took full control in the fifth game with another break and played in the No. 1 courtroom within 20 minutes before competing for the lead in the set.<\/p>\n<p>There was concern when Baez slipped onto the court and fell awkwardly while trying to change direction at the start of the second set, but after taking a little time to compose himself, I felt that Argentina could continue.<\/p>\n<p>However, with a drepark loop and a 3-1 lead, Baez was treated in his right knee during a five-minute break before being continuously cleaned up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/45632110\/visualisation\/23462677?2490397\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Since Andy Murray returned as the defending champion in 2017, the left-handed draper, Wimbledon&#8217;s best British species, needs all his mental and physical reserves to navigate the pitfalls under Wimbledon&#8217;s fierce spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>He tried to fill the gap left by the retirement of two-time champion Murray, and avoided the early rounds of the depicted match.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to court, Draper said he probably prefers a bit of a tough test.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I honestly wanted to play a little more. I can&#8217;t win that way. Sebastian of course hopes for the best in his recovery,&#8221; said Draper, who rocked the rankings after reaching the US Open semi-finals last year.<\/p>\n<p>Draper will be extremely Starner tested in the next round when he faces the massive Croatian Marincilik, a player who won the US Open and reached the Wimbledon Final.<\/p>\n<p>He is also sown to meet seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Draper asked how he dealt with what he expects on his wide shoulders. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think about it until people mention it every five minutes!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to face the person in front of me. I can&#8217;t think of five matches. I&#8217;m focusing on the next person.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Evans_Pinnington_Jones\"><\/span>Evans, Pinnington Jones<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513590_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, former UK No. 1 Dan Evans won his first Wimbledon victory in four years, after getting better than his compatriot Jay Clark.<\/p>\n<p>Evans&#8217; 6-1, 7-5, 6-2 victory set up a second clash with Novak Djokovic if Serb defeated Alexander Mueller.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old, currently ranked 170th, needed a wild card to play for SW19, but was in good shape to surpass Clark in under 2 hours and 14 minutes at Court 12.<\/p>\n<p>Evans&#8217; joy was clearly visible as he celebrated in court after securing his victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was amazing,&#8221; Evans told the BBC. \u201cIt&#8217;s a real shame to have to play Jay, the two young guys in Midlands, and I know him because he was really small.<\/p>\n<p>On the other end of the experience scale, 22-year-old British Jack Pinnington Jones recorded an impressive victory in his Wimbledon debut, beating World No. 53 Thomas Martin Etchellley in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked a career-high 281 in the world, Pinnington Jones won in his final five games, completing a 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-5 victory on Court 17.<\/p>\n<p>The wildcard faces 22nd seed Flavio Cobolli in the second round.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watson_Ballage_falls_to_the_first_hurdle\"><\/span>Watson, Ballage falls to the first hurdle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513591_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513591_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513591_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0701%2Fr1513591_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Heather Watson saw her Wimbledon campaign end in the opening round when she fell to Clara Towson in Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>Watson was hoping to join the seven Brits who advanced Monday as they filmed the opening set against the 23rd seed, but Towson fought to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Jodie Ballage was also knocked out after suffering a 6-3, 6-1 loss in the American Cathy McNally ands.<\/p>\n<p>Johannus Monday succumbed to a straight set defeat and was unable to stop what was a shocking victory over Tommy Paul in the world No. 13. George Loughhagen was beaten by Pedro Martinez at Court 16.<\/p>\n<p><em>This report uses information from Reuters.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The confident-looking Jack Draper moved to the second round at Wimbledon, retiring from injury while his opponent Sebastian Baez could be defeated on Tuesday. The physicality of the world No. 4 seemed to do too much for Argentina to cope. Draper led 6-2, 6-2, 2-1, and after getting injured at the start of the second [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[3262,196,3263,296,2901,24,1790],"class_list":["post-10357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-baez","tag-draper","tag-impressive","tag-injured","tag-progresses","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}