Jack Draper sick after gruelling win over Marcos Giron in first five-set match

Draper has been working hard on his physical conditioning and it paid off as he fought back to win 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-0 6-2 after three hours and 20 minutes.
Jack Draper sick after gruelling win over Marcos Giron in first five-set match
Jack Draper was sick after claiming a gruelling win over Marcos Giron (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Jack Draper vomited into a courtside bin after overcoming struggles with the Melbourne heat to defeat Marcos Giron at the Australian Open in his first ever five-set match.

It is a measure of how inexperienced the 22-year-old still is at the highest level that he had never previously played a match that went the distance, and he looked in serious trouble at two sets to one down against American Giron.

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