the russian Andrew Rublevsixth seed Mutua Madrid is opendefeated the British in the second round Jack Drapera guest who became a luxury as he was about to knock down the eighth player in the world from the tournament, forced to win three sets, 2-6, 6-4 and 7-5.
Draper is looking for his first win against a top-10. The 121st player in the world doesn’t look like a scary debut for the Muscovite, even at the age of 20 he is considered one of British tennis’s great promises.
But a loveless game and a break put the Englishman on the road to victory in the first set, which he comfortably closed 6-2.
Enraged, Rublev began to yell between sets and then slapped a mashed banana on his chair.
Eighth in the ranking, sixth seeded in Madrid and winner of three tournaments this year-Marseille and Dubai on the hard court, Belgrade on the gravel-, made the ‘break’ at the start of the second set, but the Russian did not find of regularity. all I need. Draper, using a crosscourt backhand that nearly eliminated his opponent on the court and allowed him to shoot into the net, recovered the lost serve (3-3) and was again angry with Rublev.
In the middle, he wasted three break balls and he was back again, 3-4. In his service he found the key to staying alive in the game. Then he was the one who broke and leveled the fight.
Draper increased his error rate in the final set as a result of his bravery. The alternatives are consistent, but Rublev’s break for 6-5 is certain. He closed with a blank game that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Source: La Verdad
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