Jack Draper

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[Nando]

[Barty]

ATP Eastbourne 22 QF:

97 Carlos Taberner 585
98 Jack Draper 582
99 Jason Kubler 580

[Damian]

Draper Marches Into Eastbourne QFs With Schwartzman Upset

Spoiler:

Briton faces Peniston or Martinez next
Jack Draper's strong grass-court form propelled him into his second career ATP Tour quarter-final — and his first of 2022 — on Wednesday at the Rothesay International in Eastbourne. The #NextGenATP Briton followed up a straight-sets win over Jenson Brooksby with a 7-5, 7-6(3) win against fourth seed Diego Schwartzman as he recorded multiple wins at a tour-level event for the first time this season.

Playing on home soil for the third straight event, Draper broke serve three times in the victory while saving four of six break points against him. The 20-year-old settled into the contest after dropping serve to love in the opening game. Though he failed to serve out the match at 5-3 in the second — again losing four straight points — he regrouped to save a break point at 5-5 and won the final five points of the tie-break to advance.

"I got a bit tight and a bit tentative. Sometimes when that happens you can come into yourself a little bit and start playing more offensively," Draper reflected. "My coach was trying to tell me to be brave, try and impose your game on the court. At this level, guys take advantage [if you don't do that].

"It was a really tough match with Diego. He's a great competitor, great player and he's at the top of the game for a reason. Very happy to come through the match."

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The Briton played aggressive tennis in front of his home fans, winning and losing points on his own terms with 30 winners and 35 unforced errors. In both sets, he found the range at the crucial late moments.

Draper advances to face either countryman and fellow wild card Ryan Peniston or Spain's Pedro Martinez in the quarter-finals.

"If it's Ryan, that's good new because it's another Brit into the quarter-finals," he said. "Very happy with the way he's playing at the moment. I think it's really good for British tennis, having another guy who's playing playing excellent tennis. It will be a tough match if I play him, two lefties.

"If I play Martinez, that's another player who's a Top 50 guy. He's a really tough competitor. It will be tough to play him. I've practised with him a fair bit. Either way I look forward to whoever I'm playing."

An all-British semi-final against top seed Cameron Norrie could also be on the cards, should both men advance.

The Sutton native broke into the Top 100 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings for the first time on 13 June behind four ATP Challenger Tour titles this season. On that same day, he celebrated with an upset win against third seed Taylor Fritz at the Cinch Championships.

Draper is also fifth in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Milan, putting him in a strong position to make his debut at the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals in November.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/draper- ... -wednesday

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[Nando]

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[Barty]

ATP Eastbourne 22 SF:

93 Steve Johnson 627
94 Jack Draper 627
95 Chun hsin Tseng 626

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[Damian]

Draper Breaks New Ground In Eastbourne

Spoiler:

#NextGenATP Briton reaches first tour-level semi-final
#NextGenATP Briton Jack Draper hit new heights at the Rothesay International on Thursday, dispatching countryman Ryan Peniston 6-3, 6-3 to reach his first ATP Tour semi-final.

The 20-year-old overcame World No. 15 Diego Schwartzman earlier this week in Eastbourne and backed up that victory with another dominant grass-court performance in front of a vocal home crowd.

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Draper dictated play with his aggressive groundstrokes, while he caused wild card Peniston trouble with his lefty serve to advance after 76 minutes, boosting his chances to qualify for the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. The lefty is currently fifth in the ATP Race To Milan as he looks compete at the 21-and-under-event for the first time this season.

The four-time ATP Challenger Tour champion is now up to No. 94 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings following his strong run in Eastbourne. Draper, who defeated Taylor Fritz at The Queen’s Club last week, will face Maxime Cressy in the last four.

Peniston was competing in his second tour-level quarter-final in as many weeks, after soaring to the last eight at the Cinch Championships on his ATP Tour debut. The 26-year-old is up to No. 135 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings, having eliminated #NextGenATP Dane Holger Rune and Spaniard Pedro Martinez earlier this week.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/draper- ... 2-thursday

[Barty]

ATP Eastbourne: pierwszy półfinał ATP Tour.

[WC] Jack Draper d. [WC] Ryan Peniston 63 63

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[Damian]

JACK DRAPER ON PLAYING NOVAK DJOKOVIC AT WIMBLEDON 2021 – “That experience gave me a lot of different lessons and he exposed a lot of areas in my game, probably like he should do. He’s number one in the world, but that gave me a lot of things to work on and improve in the coming months and I think this year I’ve been able to put that into action, stay injury-free and the year is going pretty quick.”

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tennis- ... dcast-2022

[Damian]

27.06.2022 r.

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 94

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[Barty]

Wimbledon 22: pierwszy wygrany mecz w Wielkim Szlemie.

Jack Draper d. [WC] Zizou Bergs 6-4 6-4 7-6(4)

[Damian]

[Damian]

11.07.2022 r.

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 89

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[Damian]

18.07.2022 r.

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 87