Draper prepared for hot reception

JACK Draper has already experienced the hysteria that follows his French Open third-round opponent Joao Fonseca around - and he was not even playing him at the time.

- By ANDY SIMS

British number one Draper was taking on Czech youngster Jakub Mensik at the Miami Open when the match was interrupted after hundreds of fans started booing.

The noise was coming from a huge Brazilian contingent who had waited all day to watch teenage sensation Fonseca, only to realise his match had suddenly been moved to a different court.

“It was tough,” recalled Draper. “There was a couple of games in the match where they were booing very loudly and we didn’t know what was going on.

“The Miami Open got that one wrong. They'd been waiting all day, he was fourth on.