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 fitness center work for the time being.
Draper is within the Nice Britain crew which can contest the United Cup from 27 December, however is just not 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 arduous the final couple of weeks to get myself to hopefully enhance for subsequent 12 months,” mentioned Draper.
“I did have just a little little bit of a niggle in my hip space and when it comes to going away to Spain and coaching at that stage of depth with Carlos I needed to make that decision as a result of it is not honest on him if I am going and I’m not 100%.
“It was one thing that we have 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 most effective gamers on the earth and get that publicity to the very best highest stage doable frequently to get ready for the New Yr.”
Draper says this harm is totally different to the hip downside that troubled him in the beginning of 2023, but it surely comes at an irritating time for the 22-year-old.
He has risen to fifteen on the earth after successful ATP titles in Stuttgart and Vienna and proven a lot better resistance to harm this 12 months.
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 in regards to the affect the illness has had on his grandmother.
Shortly earlier than the stroll, he described his grandfather, who’s his grandma’s predominant carer, as an “absolute hero to maintain on doing what he is doing”.