The 23-year-old has had a disrupted build-up to the Australian Open, with a hip drawback inflicting him to overlook the United Cup and cancel a coaching camp with four-time main champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Draper mentioned he had been attempting to adapt to the warmth through the use of saunas and “bikes in scorching bubbles”, alongside arriving in Australia two-and-a-half weeks earlier than the Grand Slam event started.
“It is not simply the tennis, it is a massive psychological sport as effectively and it is how we recuperate after factors and take care of stress usually, whether or not that be the tennis or the situations,” Draper mentioned.
“I believe my prep for the warmth this 12 months has been rather a lot higher than earlier years.”
Draper, who’s seeded fifteenth at Melbourne Park, has been practising alongside world primary Sinner and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic earlier than his first-round match in opposition to Argentina’s Mariano Navone on Monday.
“They simply deliver such a top quality to the observe court docket It is actually nice to have the ability to spar with that form of degree of depth and work ethic,” Draper added.
