"I think it's pretty worrying the state of men's tennis, especially right now. The amount of injuries, especially young players.
When I look at the draws for the weeks when I was out, everything is shoulder, arm, wrist," Draper said.
He suggested that the tour schedule may need to be reviewed: "Definitely the state of the Masters 1000s, the 12-day events.
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I was privy to those conversations when I was a top-10 player. Now I'm not.
I don't care as much about what I say. I think the tournaments are going to suffer a lot if not much changes."
Reflecting on his career, Draper discussed the psychological difficulty of handling successive physical setbacks after previously reaching a high global ranking.
"It's very difficult," he said. "When I was younger, I had quite a few setbacks.
Then I came through that and had a couple years of where I wasn't."
"Looking back, coming here last year as four in the world, I was feeling incredible and looking forward to everything that was to come.
Then you have something that stops you in your tracks when you're not expecting it. It's really difficult to accept that."
Despite the setback, Draper remains optimistic: "I still believe, even now after all this time, I'm still competing at an incredibly high level.
I'm looking forward to working my way up again."
Before the withdrawal altered the tournament draw, Taylor Fritz commented on facing the British player in the opening round.
"It's a good opportunity to have a really exciting first round that everyone's going to be paying attention to," Fritz said.
"He's going to come out super hungry and there's not really any pressure on him, so I think that makes it dangerous."
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A replacement player from the lucky loser pool will take Draper's spot to compete against Fritz.
