"I'm still early in my development": Draper vows to work on fitness after injury woes dent Alcaraz tie

Jack Draper retired from his match against Carlos Alcaraz in Indian Wells and it's the second time the Brit has bene dealing with injuries this year.

The first time came against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open and it's clear that his body is currently lacking behind his tennis talent. He's a really strong player but his body is betraying him more often than not which indicates he needs to take better care of it. He spoke about it after retirement promising to work on his body:

“I was doing further damage, so there was no point in making it worse. At the end of my match against Andy [Murray, on Monday], I obviously had a bit of hip pain but my ab towards the end was getting sorer. I woke up [on Tuesday] and my ab was sore and when I started serving 100 per cent in the match it gradually got worse. I couldn’t really play properly."

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He continued:

“I’m at the start of properly working hard on my fitness training. I’ve done a lot of stuff on court over the years but I’ve never really worked truly on my body. I’m still early in my development. I’m starting to play grand slams with five sets. The physical nature of this sport is very demanding and so you’ve got to have a really resilient body to cope with the demands of the tour.”

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