Last British player in the running on the Queen’s lawn, Jack Draper was able to get out victorious from his duel with Brandon Nakashima to reach the last square in front of his audience.
Jack Draper did not miss the appointment.
While his compatriot Jacob Fearnley failed against Jiri Lehecka (7-5, 6-2 in 1h18 ‘) to open the quarter-finals of the Queen’s ATP Tournament, The world’s number 6 knew how to prevail against Brandon Nakashima. If the first two games were one -way, the third was more hung and allowed the British to take the service of the American.
A head race that was dotted with break balls on both sides of the net, without it changing the dynamics of the meeting. Jack Draper then had three first opportunities to conclude the first round on the Brandon Nakashima service.
However, he had to wait to hire to achieve this in the third opportunity. Meanwhile, he still had to save three bales from Débreak. The second round saw the servers take the ascendant. Indeed, out of the first eleven games, there was only one station wagon to report in favor of the American in the fourth.
Nakashima ended up giving up against draper
A lesson that the 32nd world player has held well when the opportunity again presented. What happened to the doors of the decisive game. Taking advantage of an air hole at Jack Draper, Brandon Nakashima went to get two set balls on the British’s commitment. The second was the right one to relaunch the suspense on the London lawn. The third round started on the same bases as the previous one, with two very solid players in the service. The first six games took place without the slightest anicer but the situation changed in the seventh.
This time, it was the American who had a punctual level drop and she turned out to be fatal. Jack Draper had to go there twice to take the service of his opponent and race in mind. When concluding, the world’s number 6 has vacillated, having to face two bales of Débreak. After recovering, He sealed the fate of the game at the first match ball (6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in 2h24 ‘) And will be the opponent of Jiri Lehecka this Saturday for a place in the final.
