British number ones Katie Boulter and Jack Draper are both seeded at Wimbledon for the first time - this is how they got there.
While Katie Boulter and Jack Draper are already known to the British public, a deep run at Wimbledon would take their status to another level.
The leading 32 players are given a Grand Slam seeding, meaning they cannot face another seed until the third round. Winning his first ATP title in Stuttgart, plus an eye-catching win over Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz to reach the Queen's quarter-finals, have propelled him into that position. "My perspective has changed a lot, too. Once you've been through the whole summer period, missing Wimbledon and going through the pain of that, you don’t take it for granted."On the back of a series of injuries and mid-match retirements, a shoulder problem ended his French Open campaign last year - leading to Draper lamenting being "the guy who's injured a lot"."My body was just made of glass at that point," Draper reflected.
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