Jack Draper’s mother praises son after Indian Wells win

Ms Draper, who declined a call from her son while on BBC Radio Surrey, added: “It wasn’t straight forward, but in terms of other matches where I’ve been watching for four hours and literally [been] on a rollercoaster all night wondering what’s going to happen, it was fairly straight-forward.”

After beating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in Saturday’s semi-final and his straight-set victory over Rune, Draper climbed to his highest world ranking of seventh.

In an interview with BBC Sport, he said: “I’m incredibly happy, obviously, and incredibly proud of my achievements this week.”

Draper, who went to Reed’s School and Parkside School in Cobham, started his training at Sutton Tennis Club before joining the Weybridge Tennis Academy when he was five.