Injured Draper cancels Alcaraz training week

Jack Draper has cancelled his planned training week pinch Carlos Alcaraz because of a "little spot of a niggle" successful his hip.

The British number 1 was owed successful Spain to train pinch the Wimbledon champion adjacent week, but is constricted to gym activity astatine the moment.

Draper is successful the Great Britain squad which will title the United Cup from 27 December, but is not yet judge whether he will beryllium fresh to play.

The Australian Open starts successful Melbourne connected 12 January.

"I've been moving incredibly difficult the past mates of weeks to get myself to hopefully amended for adjacent year," said Draper.

"I did person a small spot of a niggle successful my hep area and successful position of going distant to Spain and training astatine that level of strength pinch Carlos I had to make that telephone because it's not adjacent connected him if I spell and I americium not 100%.

"It was thing that we were really excited about, and thing maine and (his coach) James (Trotman) had been talking astir for a while.

"To effort to spell retired and deed pinch the champion players successful the world and get that vulnerability to the highest highest level imaginable connected a regular ground to get prepared for the New Year."

Draper says this wounded is different to the hep problem that troubled him astatine the commencement of 2023, but it comes astatine an irritating clip for the 22-year-old.

He has risen to 15 successful the world aft winning ATP titles successful Stuttgart and Vienna and shown overmuch greater guidance to wounded this year.

The US Open semi-finalist was speaking astatine a Memory Walk successful assistance of the Alzheimer's Society successful westbound London. Draper is an ambassador for the kindness and has spoken movingly astir the effect the illness has had connected his grandmother.

Shortly earlier the walk, he described his grandfather, who is his grandma's main carer, arsenic an "absolute leader to support connected doing what he's doing".