And breathe...Britain's Draper calm before entering Wimbledon pressure cooker

LONDON :British tennis players come under the spotlight at Wimbledon like nowhere else and the full glare will be trained on world number four Jack Draper as he leads a sizeable home assault at the All England Club starting on Monday.

The 23-year-old left-hander's rapid rise up the rankings means he is the highest British seed since two-time winner Andy Murray arrived as defending champion in 2017.

Draper's run to the U.S. Open semi-final last year and his title this year at Indian Wells have raised expectations that he is ready to emulate Murray and win the title.

The hype is already building up and should he avoid any early banana skins and make a deep run, Draper knows the weight of expectation will grow more heavy on his broad shoulders.

Dealing with life in the Wimbledon pressure cooker will be a huge test for a player who has won only two matches in his three previous main draw appearances at the All England Club.

But he says employing breathing coach Ann Coxhead has helped him to cope with the anxiety he experienced earlier in his career and which occasionally led to him vomiting on court.

"It was important for me in tennis where there's such small margins, such small percentages," Draper told reporters at a sultry and tranquil Wimbledon on Saturday.

"The work I've done with her has been invaluable. It's been a real asset to my tennis. I think I'm still a work in progress with it, but definitely my physicality and my general well-being on the court has improved."

Draper faces dangerous 38th-ranked Argentine Sebastian Baez in the first round on Tuesday and things will not get much easier after that with former U.S. Open winner and Wimbledon runner-up Marin Cilic a likely second-round opponent.

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