Jack Draper progressed to the quarterfinal of the Madrid Open after a straight-sets win over United States’s Tommy Paul on Wednesday.
The British No. 1 beat Paul 6-2, 6-2 to setup a gathering with Italian Matteo Arnaldi in what will probably be his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal on clay.
Paul by no means recovered after being damaged within the third recreation of the match, with the Brit wrapping up the primary set in somewhat over half-hour.
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The No. 11 seed rescued two break factors within the second set earlier than Draper ultimately broke him to go 3-2 up. He did the identical two video games later to seal the sport in fashion.
“I felt actually good on the market,” Draper advised Sky Sports activities. “I do know Tommy is a good participant and I needed to be on him from the off. I felt good.
“I feel in all probability for the gamers who’re from the UK or who do not play on this floor typically, they go into it with the mindset they don’t seem to be going to be that nice on it and, due to this fact, that may forestall them going additional.
“I do know I can play nicely on this floor and this 12 months it has been an enormous objective of mine to show that I can play very well. I do know that if I need to be a high participant that I’ve to.”
