Draper enters Madrid Open draw as Boulter faces Townsend in first round

The draws have been set for the Mutua Madrid Open, which begins on Tuesday live on Sky Sports.

Star names like Emma Raducanu, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have been obliged to withdraw, but Britain's Jack Draper entered the draw for this tournament despite pulling out of the Barcelona Open mid-match with an injury.

The draw sees Draper get a bye in the first round.

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Countryman Cameron Norrie also gets a first-round bye. Norrie made the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open last week after a second-round outing at Monte Carlo.

Katie Boulter begins her campaign against American Taylor Townsend in the first round before a potential meeting with fifth seed Jessica Pegula.

The British No 3 reached the quarter-finals in Rouen last week and will be hoping to build on those positive results.

Boulter has defeated Townsend in all three of their previous meetings, but they haven't played since Beijing in 2024. Townsend did reach the final of the ATX Open WTA 250 in February and has been in good form this season.

A win would see Boulter play Pegula in the second round, with the American coming off the back of her second WTA title of the season in Charleston.

Although Alcaraz and Djokovic are notable absentees, Jannik Sinner is the top seed. He also gets a bye in the first round.

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