Jack Draper vomits on court and cleans it up himself during US Open semi-final

Jack Draper threw up on court during the second set

Jack Draper threw up on the court in the middle of his semi-final showdown with Jannik Sinner at the US Open. The British No. 1 was visibly struggling throughout the second set and called for the doctor before spraying vomit on the court and cleaning it up himself. The umpire seemed happy to allow the doctor to come on early but Draper said he would wait for the next changeover.

After losing the first set, Draper found himself embroiled in a marathon second. It took 28 minutes for the players to complete the first three games and get to a changeover. And the Brit was under constant pressure on his serve. Draper has often struggled in hot or humid conditions and it was no different in Friday's semi-final. With Sinner serving at 3-4, the 22-year-old appeared to throw up after the first point. And things quickly went downhill from there. At deuce, he couldn't control the vomit and was sick on the baseline while waiting to return. "Oh, there we go," Jonathan Overend said on commentary for Sky Sports.

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Jack Draper grabbed a towel and cleaned up his own vomit

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Tim Henman replied: "Sometimes when it’s humid as it obviously is with all the sweat. You can almost drink too much water and it sits in your stomach and I think that’s twice that Draper has vomited." The world No. 25 grabbed his towel from its box and started mopping up his own puke from the baseline Overend added: "Poor guy. I mean, you feel like that, that’s happening, you’ve got to clear it up yourself you’ve got to carry on playing against the world No. 1." Chair umpire Marijana Veljovic could then be heard speaking to Sinner and sounded keen to get the doctor on earlier for Draper. "But he vomited on the court," she told the Italian. It appeared that Draper told her to wait until the next change of ends. Laura Robson was sitting courtside and confirmed that the Brit didn't want to see the doctor immediately.

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