Draper shocked by Mensik in fan-disrupted defeat

Indian Wells champion Jack Draper crashed out 7-6(2) 7-6(3) to Czech Jakub Mensik on the Miami Open on Saturday in a match that was quickly suspended as a consequence of fan disruption.

The British No. 1, who rose to a career-high seventh on the planet rankings after the profitable the most important title of his profession final week, was shocked by Mensik regardless of breaking the 19-year-old within the first recreation.

Mensik hit 21 aces on his option to a win that lifts him into the third spherical.

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The match was quickly suspended when a big crowd of Brazilian spectators, who have been ready to look at Joao Fonseca’s conflict with Ugo Humbert due subsequent on the identical venue, expressed their anger when that match was shifted to the primary stadium.

“I did not actually know what was occurring at first,” Draper instructed Sky Sports activities. “Clearly it was getting fairly loud, I could not actually hear the ball being hit. I can perceive their frustration. I simply hope they have been capable of get on the court docket.”

The followers, a few of whom had waited for hours at Grandstand, booed as they left the venue, however have been delighted when Fonseca later acquired previous Humbert 6-4 6-3.

“I actually appreciated the choice, as a result of I already performed my first spherical there, so I knew how the court docket was, the environment,” Fonseca, 18, stated.

“I knew there was going to be a variety of Brazilians. The gang is tremendous good. It is an honour seeing a variety of them cheering for me, saying my identify each match I win.”

Reilly Opelka rallied to beat Danish eleventh seed Holger Rune 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) and with Draper, Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev all dropping this week there are not any Indian Wells semifinalists left within the males’s draw at Miami.

Data from Reuters was used on this report.