has revealed that he doesn't have the "urge" to party after seeing rival Carlos Alcaraz jet to Ibiza ahead of Queen's. The world No. 2 takes an annual trip to the Balearic Island in between the clay and grass seasons, and for the last two years, he's won Wimbledon weeks after going on a boys' holiday.
But British No. 1 Draper, who had two days off after a disappointing loss at the French Open, takes a completely different approach to the five-time Grand Slam champion, even match the level Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner showed in the Roland Garros final.
Twelve months after he stunned Alcaraz in the second round here, Draper is back at Queen's as the No. 2 seed and could meet his Spanish rival in Sunday's final.
Both men have had some downtime after the French Open, where Alcaraz defended his title while Draper lost in the fourth round. The Spaniard jetted to Ibiza to "disconnect from everything" and had a relatively tame holiday,
But Draper, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 last week, went straight home and admitted that his idea of recharging was nothing like Alcaraz's.
"I mean everyone's different. For me, I like being at home. I love going back to the UK, to my flat, or to the family home," the 23-year-old explained.
"I like coming back to see my family. I never get that time to be able to come back home and just completely relax. When I work, I work really hard. And I'm always on. I'm always trying to improve and stuff.
"Sometimes it's nice for me now to come back and just take my mind off everything. I don't really feel the urge to be going out partying and all that sort of stuff.
"I'd rather just come home and just chill out for once and not have any obligations, not think about anything. I only had a couple of days. So I'll just use that time to get settled back in before I regroup and go again."
One thing he did do during his break was watch the French Open final, where Alcaraz saved three championship points to beat Sinner. "I don't know what I'm capable of yet, but I aspire to be at that level," Draper said after his rivals battled for more than five hours.
Although he was frustrated with his fourth-round loss to Alexander Bublik in Paris, losing halfway through the French Open provided Draper with more time to prepare for the grass swing - arguably the most important part of the calendar for the top-ranked Brit.
Draper had a strong grass swing last year, winning his first title in Stuttgart before reaching the Queen's quarter-final. But he's never been beyond the second round at Wimbledon and wants to peak for his home Grand Slam tournament.
He added: "Obviously, I'd love to do amazingly well this week, but Wimbledon would be a priority for me. I think it's always an interesting one, that first natural tournament on the grass, there's a lot of players who maybe aren't amazingly prepared.
"You know, we just came from a surface where we're grinding out points, having to win the points seven times on the trot to get one point. So coming onto a really fast surface, obviously, the margins are quite small, but I feel good, and I'm ready to compete hard.
"It's a home tournament for me as well, so that's added motivation for me to do well here. But for sure, Wimbledon would be where I want to peak the most."
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