TENNIS BALLSY
Daily Star|June 15, 2024
Draper dares to dream
NEIL SQUIRES
TENNIS BALLSY

JACK DRAPER believes a new bully boy attitude has set himself up for a crack at the world’s top 10.

The 22-year-old, who will replace Cameron Norrie as British No.1 on Monday, muscled his way into the semi-final of the Stuttgart Open with a third-set tie-break win against world No.28 Frances Tiafoe that saw him send down 31 aces.

If he can land his first ATP title this weekend, he will move into the world’s top 30 for the first time on the back of his beefedup approach.

“The serve’s a big factor in all of this but also I’ve come up the court massively on my return position,” he said.

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