Jack Draper opens over the ‘awkward’ and ‘weird’ side effects of anti-doping tests, because British no. 1 gears up home Favorite Gael Monfils in French open second round Clash

Jack Draper sheds light on the embarrassing side of the rigorous anti -doping protocols of tennis, in which the British NO1 admits that he believes that it is a ‘heavy job’ for both the testers and the players.

The 23 -year -old – as with all players on the WTA and ATP tours – will be routinely subject to the sport program, which is controlled by the International Tennis Integrity Agency and is often under fire because he is sometimes Draconian in his thoroughness.

At the start of the French openFour-time Grand SLAM champion Naomi Osaka Opened on a ‘scary’ experience she had when she was the target of anti-doping control in Paris.

Osaka woke up at 5 am To undergo a blood test, where the tester struggles to find a vein to take a sample and let the player bruised from multiple attempts.

But Draper managed to find a lighter side in the omnipresence of tests for players, although revealing how invasive tests can be.

“It is clearly a difficult moment, right?” Draper admitted when he was asked about his thoughts about what it feels like to be monitored when providing a urine test.

Jack Draper has opened on the more uncomfortable side of the anti-doping program of Tennis

The British NO1 sheds light on the intensive supervision that players are to the attention of if testers try to keep the sport clean

Both Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have served suspensions after the failure of doping tests

‘You are a bit – sometimes you push so hard that you are fart and you are next to them. So it’s also a tough job for them.

‘I always keep that in mind, some people get irritated and so because it is a very intimate situation. But at the end of the day I also feel for that person. It’s their job.

“But it is sometimes difficult. If it is really late and such and you want to crack with whatever you do (…), you have to wait around and do that for a long time.

“It’s hard because you lose sleep. But I also think it is also a tough job for them. It’s not easy. Certainly some uncomfortable moments. ‘

Tennis players must always make themselves available for potential tests and offer their current location to ensure that they do not miss a drug test – who could make a suspension themselves.

There is also more noise around anti-doping, in the aftermath of two high-profile suspensions on the men’s and ladies tours for world number one Jannik Sinner and former world number one Iga Swiatek.

Sinner has just returned from a three -month suspension After concluding an agreement with the World Anti-Doping Agency in February.

Wada had previously appealed against the first judgment of the Sinner, which had released him from negligence or liability after testing positive for prohibited drug clostebol in March 2024.

Emma Raducanu revealed prior to the Italian Open that anti-doping measures were so strict that they feared that they use prescribed medication

Draper remains a force in the French open draw and will be confronted with Gael Monfils on Thursday

Sinner argued that his physiotherapist had polluted him after he had used the steroid cream for a cut in his finger and then gave him treatment.

In September, Swiatek was banned from testing a positive test on Trimetazidine in August last year, which turned out to be present by contaminating her prescribed melatonin in the production phase.

Earlier this month, Emma Raducanu admitted that the recent suspensions had made her almost paranoid about taking medication, even if it is not on the forbidden list.

“I don’t want to accept anything, even if the doctors say you have to take this – just from the risk of infection,” Raducanu said. ‘Even if it is not forbidden on the anti-doping list, you do not know if it is contaminated by another product.

‘It can show a green tap, but if it is contaminated, you will still be sewn. We can go to a restaurant and someone could put something in our drink.

It is really difficult, especially if you are noticeable and the waiter recognizes you. It is something I am worried about – nervous every time. ‘

Draper will then continue his work in Paris Mattia Bellucci beat 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 In his first round collision, but is confronted with a hostile atmosphere in Paris in his next game.

The Indian Wells champion plays home favorite Gael Monfils after the French veteran met Hugo Dellien late on Tuesday evening in five sets.