Jack Draper has accepted his wild card entry for this month's Cincinnati Open despite being reduced to tears during his early exit at the Canadian Open.

Draper, playing in his first match since June following a recurrence of the bone bruising that kept him out for seven months, lost to Terence Atmane in the first round in Montreal. 

The 24-year-old cut an emotional figure during the third set against Atmane, a match the Frenchman would go on to win 6-3 2-6 6-2 in one hour and 51 minutes. 

It has been a difficult season for Draper, with his injury issues seeing him miss all three grand slam tournaments in 2026 and compete in just 13 singles matches. 

But it has been confirmed that Draper will compete in Cincinnati, as he aims to become the first British male player to win the tournament since his coach Andy Murray in 2011. 

Just when you thought the field couldn't get any better

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Stan Wawrinka, Grigor Dimitrov and Gael Monfils are some of the other big names to receive a wild card entry for the ATP-1000 event that begins this Saturday.  

There will, however, be no place for defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who withdrew from the tournament earlier this week as he continues to recover from his wrist injury. 

It means that Jannik Sinner will be the hot favourite to win his second Cincinnati title, having beaten home hopeful Frances Tiafoe in the showpiece match two years ago. 

With Alcaraz's absence, it means that no player has won back-to-back Cincinnati titles since Roger Federer, who did so in 2014 and 2015 with wins over David Ferrer and Novak Djokovic.

And the Cincinnati crowd will be hoping an American can lift the trophy, too. Andy Roddick was the last male player from the United States to win the title 20 years ago.