#injury-recovery

#injury-recovery

On two pivotal points in his Indian Wells fourth-round match against Novak Djokovic, at 4-4 in the tie-break and then on match point at 6-6, Draper forced himself inside the baseline and unleashed two backhands, those shots driving him to victory. It would have been understandable for Draper to have played passive tennis in those decisive moments.

Sometimes I have good days, sometimes I have bad days. Disk replacement is not a lot of fun. So as I said, I've had a lot of procedures prior to that, so the body doesn't quite heal like it was when I was 24. Doesn't quite bounce back. So I have good days when I can pretty much do anything, and other days where it's hard to just to move around.

Since undergoing the procedure, Fort has been closely monitored by Barcelona's medical team, completing the first phase of his recovery at the club's facilities. Now, with significant progress made, the next step involves reintegrating into Elche's environment.

The knee's great, I feel fine. I was actually quite surprised with how seamless the rehab was because I've had some tricky rehabs in the past, so to have a smooth one and be able to just come back smoothly has been nice. To get minutes back into the legs has been great, and finally feeling like I'm in rhythm again is nice as well after that past 90 [minute appearance].