Jack Draper says tennis must adapt its annual calendar in order to avoid the volume of injuries sustained on tour.

Draper, along with a host of other elite players including compatriot Emma Raducanu, Novak Djokovic and Holger Rune, is recovering from injury.

"Injuries are going to happen," the 23-year-old Briton said on social media.

"We are pushing our bodies to do things that they aren't supposed to in elite sport. We have so many incredible younger guys on the tour right now and I'm proud to be a part of that.

"However, the tour and the calendar have to adapt if any of us are going to achieve some sort of longevity."

Recently 24-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic had to retire from his third-place play-off match with America's Taylor Fritz at the Six Kings Slam exhibition.

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