Jack Draper has heaped Praise on the retiring Andy Murray Andy Murray might have been labeled old news by Emma raducanu but it's not an opinion shared by fellow British star Jack Draper the 22-year-old has become a firm friend of the Scottish icon and has regularly lauded the influence of the now retired star on his own career this week's Us open signifies the first Grand Slam event since Murray walked away from the sport at the Paris Olympics and now Draper who begins his campaign against China's ziun Jong has admitted it will be strange not having the three-time Grand Slam winner with him at Flushing Meadows it seems a bit weird not having Andy there with his rancid stinking shoes next to me in the locker room he joked Andy shoes would always be drying out next to me with his wedding ring on them I've been next to him in the locker room and you'd have his shoes his wet grips give me some space to sit down but I do miss his presence a lot I feel a responsib ility to really play good tennis and be the British no one we miss Andy but things have to come to an end and hopefully I can keep on going and the other players as well Draper added that he would miss Murray's humor on the circuit as well as his tennis influence L missed the camaraderie the nonsense the banter and the serious chats as well he added I missed those moments in the locker room before matches when you've got someone as great as Andy next to you those words were in Stark cont to the initial view offered by ratuku who controversially denied the Scott A Farewell match at Wimbledon this summer after withdrawing from their mixed doubles match