Jack Draper has cancelled his deliberate coaching week with Carlos Alcaraz due to a “little little bit of a niggle” in his hip.
The British primary was due in Spain to coach with the Wimbledon champion subsequent week, however is proscribed to gymnasium work in the meanwhile.
Draper is within the Nice Britain staff which can contest the United Cup from 27 December, however will not be but positive whether or not he can be match to play.
The Australian Open begins in Melbourne on 12 January.
“I have been working extremely onerous the final couple of weeks to get myself to hopefully enhance for subsequent yr,” stated Draper.
“I did have a bit little bit of a niggle in my hip space and by way of going away to Spain and coaching at that stage of depth with Carlos I needed to make that decision as a result of it isn’t honest on him if I’m going and I’m not 100%.
“It was one thing that we had been actually enthusiastic about, and one thing me and (his coach) James (Trotman) had been speaking about for some time.
“To attempt to exit and hit with the very best gamers on this planet and get that publicity to the best highest stage doable regularly to get ready for the New 12 months.”
Draper says this damage is totally different to the hip downside that troubled him in the beginning of 2023, nevertheless it comes at an irritating time for the 22-year-old.
He has risen to fifteen on this planet after successful ATP titles in Stuttgart and Vienna and proven a lot higher resistance to damage this yr.
The US Open semi-finalist was talking at a Reminiscence Stroll in support of the Alzheimer’s Society in west London. Draper is an envoy for the charity and has spoken movingly concerning the affect the illness has had on his grandmother.
Shortly earlier than the stroll, he described his grandfather, who’s his grandma’s most important carer, as an “absolute hero to maintain on doing what he is doing”.
