Jack Draper bids to achieve the ultimate 4 of the US Open because the British No 1 takes on Australia’s Alex de Minaur from roughly 6.30pm on Wednesday, reside on Sky Sports activities.
Draper comfortably brushed apart unseeded Czech participant Tomas Machac in straight units on Monday to achieve the quarter-final stage of a Grand Slam for the primary time.
Draper’s 6-3 6-1 6-2 victory was underpinned by a streak of 16 video games out of 19, however a more durable check now awaits within the type of tenth seed De Minaur, who is thru to a third-straight Slam quarter-final – and fourth for his profession.
Draper and De Minaur’s assembly is due second on Arthur Ashe throughout the day session, following on from Beatriz Haddad Maia‘s quarter-final conflict with Karolina Muchova.
De Minaur, who defeated one other Brit within the third spherical, Dan Evans, can also be hoping to achieve the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the primary time, with the winner of his match with Draper set to face first seed Jannik Sinner or 2020 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev, who conclude the motion on Wednesday night.
Sinner and Medvedev are second on courtroom throughout the night time session at Flushing Meadows, with girls’s No 1 Iga Swiatek and American residence hopeful Jessica Pegula first going through off from midnight.
Order of Play (all instances UK)
Arthur Ashe Stadium
5pm
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) (22) vs Karolina Muchova (Cze)
Jack Draper (Gbr) (25) vs Alex de Minaur (Aus) (10) – from roughly 6.30pm
12am
Iga Swiatek (Pol) (1) vs Jessica Pegula (USA) (6)
Jannik Sinner (Ita) (1) vs Daniil Medvedev (Rus) (5)
Why British No 1 Draper is a real US Open title contender
Sky Sports activities’ Raz Mirza at Flushing Meadows:
As Jack Draper prepares to face tenth seed Alex de Minaur for a spot within the semi-finals on Wednesday, the 22-year-old’s run on the US Open is bringing again recollections of Emma Raducanu’s success in 2021.
With Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic already out and solely Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner having beforehand received main titles, the younger Brit has performed himself into title rivalry.
Draper has at all times beloved enjoying on the US Open, the place the quick courts assist his model, and he’ll now be dreaming of following in Andy Murray’s footsteps.
Indubitably, he’s a real title contender in New York.
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