‘She No Longer Recognizes..’- Heart-Breaking Personal Reality Forces Young ATP Star to Partake in a Humanitarian Cause

Jack Draper had a very fulfilling year this season as he got to have the first ATP Tour final in 2023. However, his personal life’s loss has made it hard for him to celebrate the professional growth he has seen. Jack Draper recently shared how he has been tinged by sadness due to a condition his grandmother has.

Draper opened up with his fans about how his grandmother who loved him a lot and was always happy about his success is not even in a state to celebrate the success he saw this year, and that has pushed him to even work towards the disease that caused all this for him and his family.

Jack Draper shares how his grandmother is suffering from Alzheimer

Draper’s grandmother has Alzheimer which has caused dementia for her and affected her cognitive functioning greatly. This has made her grandmother unable to recognize her grandchild as well whom she used to adore and love and also supported immensely be it in tennis or otherwise.

Owing to the sadness in his heart, he recently opened up about the situation. He said, “As a former tennis player & coach who worked with many top national players, it was devastating for me & my family to see my grandmother’s condition deteriorate. Nana was one of my biggest supporters growing up & I have always been very close to her, but this is a disease that completely takes away the person you knew. She no longer recognizes or can communicate with us.”

No matter how successful a person may get, if they don’t have anyone to share their success with, it truly feels meaningless. This is true for Draper as well who is unable to share the happiness of his success with the person who would have been happiest along with him.

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So, he further also talked about having to find a cure and support the communities who work against the cruel disease.

Draper decides to join the communities that fight against Alzheimer’s disease

In the conversation about the disease, Draper talked about how cruel the effects of it are. Seeing that it affected his grandmother, himself, and his family so much, he has also decided to lend support to the people who are actively working to remove this condition from the world.

So, he mentioned that he would be supporting the Alzheimer’s Society. He also added that now he is very passionate about finding a cure to this disease so that there can be an end to the devastation that is caused by the side effects of this disease like dementia.

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