Very impressive. Playing someone he should beat, and doing it comprehensively.
It felt like a bit of a banana skin, before today Machac had a 3-0 head-to-head record against Draper and he (Machac) is inside the top 40. So even better for JD to bury that in convincing style.
The crowd getting to Badosa, who throws away a 5-1 second set lead to lose 2&5.
Shades of Dart in the final couple of games with Badosa in tears. The crowd were only partisan for her New York born opponent, Navarro. I thought she was better than that.
Draper v de Minaur tomorrow at ~6:30 ish U.K. time, second on Arthur Ashe.
This is a hard match to call, but Jack Draper has taken advantage so far when his side of the draw opened up when Alcaraz went out in Round 2. Now with this Quarter final he plays the current world number 8, Alex De Minaur who has never got past the QF of a slam in 4 attempts. Twice at the US slam. Very unlucky at Wimbledon when he had to pull out of his QF match after being injured on the penultimate point in the match before so couldn't play Djokovic.
50/50 and a step up for Jack to reach the Semi final.
First player Draper will have played this tournament with a higher ranking very tough test.
Fingers crossed he can hit the ground running in the first set.
Can't see past the winner of the Sinner/Medvedev QF tomorrow going on to win the whole thing though.
If it's Sinner, feels like a very 'changing of the guard' year - no slams for Djokovic (although the gold in Paris was impressive), and two each for Alcaraz and Sinner.
Draper 2 sets up. We all know what is likely to happen now ....
Yep straight sets win matey.
Hopefully. Was a bit surprised the trainer went to Draper not De Minaur and then his movement seemed a bit restricted. But......am not not going to review my view of his movement and jinx him!
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Was 3-3 in the first set and then Draper won 12 of the next 13 games to take a 2-0 lead in the third.
Shades of Dart in the final couple of games with Badosa in tears. The crowd were only partisan for her New York born opponent, Navarro. I thought she was better than that.
Tough match for him though.
This is a hard match to call, but Jack Draper has taken advantage so far when his side of the draw opened up when Alcaraz went out in Round 2.
Now with this Quarter final he plays the current world number 8, Alex De Minaur who has never got past the QF of a slam in 4 attempts. Twice at the US slam.
Very unlucky at Wimbledon when he had to pull out of his QF match after being injured on the penultimate point in the match before so couldn't play Djokovic.
50/50 and a step up for Jack to reach the Semi final.
Fingers crossed he can hit the ground running in the first set.
Can't see past the winner of the Sinner/Medvedev QF tomorrow going on to win the whole thing though.
If it's Sinner, feels like a very 'changing of the guard' year - no slams for Djokovic (although the gold in Paris was impressive), and two each for Alcaraz and Sinner.
Draper v de Minaur up next
We all know what is likely to happen now ....
First British man in the semi final here since Murray won it in 2012.
First Brit to reach the last four without dropping a set since Raducanu won it in 2021.
Fritz v Tiafoe
Draper v Sinner or Medvedev
How much do we think De Minaur's hip problem affected him?
Hope the hammy's ok for the next one.