Jack Draper booked his place in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open in a straight set victory over third seed Taylor Fritz. Seven consecutive games from the second half of the first set became a match courtesy of Draper, navigating recent stumblings to win 7-5, 6-4.
Serve dominated the first 10 matches. In the 11th game of England, he seized his only opportunity for break in the 11th game and served to win the set. Draper, who came in 13th place with the Indian Wells, broke twice more as he surged to a 4-0 lead in the second set.
He finally stumbled when serving the match 5-2 as Double Fault handed the break to the former American champions, but he led him to victory on his second attempt.
“This is the best game I've ever played here,” Draper said. “There were some moments when I was brave, so I spoke to the coach before the game.
“Taylor is such a great player, so I'm very proud of it to get through like I did.” Draper faces Ben Shelton at the final 8am after the 11th American species beat Brandon Nakashima 7-6 6-1.
Sonay Kartal's run ended on the final 16 stages of the women's event as he was beaten 6-1, 6-2 by Aryna Sabalenka. The British third reached the main draw in the competition as a lucky loser following the withdrawal of Sloan Stevens, and after beating Polina Kudermetova in the previous round, she was rewarded with a clash with the world's first Sabalenka.
Cartal broke to win the first game of the opening set, but Sabalenka quickly settled in the match and booked a clash with 6-0, 6-4 winner Lude Mirasam Sonova, 6-0, 6-4, with the sixth seed Jasmine Paolini.
Wildcard Belindavensik secured her spot in the quarterfinals, coming from behind and earning a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory with the third seeded Cocogoff. She faces Australia's Open Champion Madison Keys.
