Afrigather British No 1 Jack Draper reeled off the final three video games to supply a gutsy three-set victory in opposition to ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on the Cincinnati Open on Thursday.
Tsitsipas served for the match at 5-4 within the third set, however Draper received 12 of the final 17 factors to assert a shocking 3-6 6-4 7-5 win and attain the third spherical.
“I feel Stefanos has a giant presence and the court docket was insanely quick, so it is laborious to play good tennis,” Draper instructed Sky Sports activities.
“Within the first hour I actually struggled… and that simply is not ok in opposition to these high gamers.
“Typically, my grit, my willpower and my angle received me the match right this moment, so I am very happy with that.”
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Draper reacts to his spectacular victory over Tsitsipas
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Draper had required a medical time-out throughout his first-round win over Jaume Munar, however seemed to be transferring freely throughout the early exchanges.
Tsitsipas made a decisive break to steer 3-1 and regardless of selecting up shot-clock violations, the Greek world quantity 11 fended off a few break factors for Draper earlier than closing out the opening set.
Draper regrouped for the second set, his serve this time holding up effectively, earlier than forcing dwelling a break level alternative within the tenth sport following a double-fault by Tsitsipas to degree the match.
The 22-year-old, although, was quickly below strain once more as Tsitsipas had three break factors within the opening sport of the deciding set, however Draper recovered for an important maintain.
Tsitsipas appeared to have taken a decisive break within the ninth sport, solely to then discover himself 0-40 down following one other name for time violation and a double fault, which noticed Draper again on degree phrases at 5-5.
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The profitable second as Draper comes from a set right down to knock out Tsitsipas
Draper, at the moment ranked 28 within the ATP standings, held to place the strain again on Tsitsipas earlier than changing an excellent return to seal one other hard-earned victory.
Draper is now 2-0 in opposition to Tsitsipas and he’ll tackle the winner of seventh seed Casper Ruud or Felix Auger-Aliassime for a spot within the quarter-finals.
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Carlos Alcaraz was made to attend after his second-round match with Gael Monfils of France was suspended on Thursday evening when rain cancelled play within the Spaniard’s first occasion since profitable a silver medal on the Paris Olympics.
Alcaraz took the primary set 6-4 however discovered himself down 3-1 within the second-set tie-break when play was halted. The match will resume on Friday and the winner might want to play later within the day in opposition to fifteenth seed Holger Rune.
Alexander Zverev grew to become the primary participant to earn 50 tour-level wins this season after defeating Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2 for a gap win.
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“I felt effectively on the court docket,” stated Zverev, who lifted the trophy in Cincinnati in 2021. “I’ve felt good in follow after which it’s simpler to carry on court docket. I did not really feel effectively in Canada in any respect, even within the few matches I received. I hope my type is getting higher and higher and I can play some good tennis.
“We’re very related gamers. We’re each very tall and good baseline gamers and once we are each enjoying it’s about type and who’s enjoying higher and right this moment I’m completely satisfied that it was me and I obtained a superb win right this moment.”
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Yoshihito Nishioka was given a sport penalty after being warned a number of occasions by the umpire to settle down in his match in opposition to Hubert Hurkacz
Elsewhere, Hubert Hurkacz got here via 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 in opposition to qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka, who was handed a code violation sport penalty after hitting balls into the gang as his frustrations boiled over throughout the deciding set.
World No 7 Andrey Rublev noticed off China’s Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-3 to make the final 16 whereas Holger Rune got here via 6-3 7-6 (10-8) in opposition to Nuno Borges.
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American Ben Shelton delighted the house crowd as he battled to a 6-7 (8-6) 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 win over Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Grigor Dimitrov, although, suffered an surprising defeat to Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, who fought from behind to win 4-6 6-4 6-3.
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