Jack Draper continues impressive form at Indian Wells
Jack Draper has continued his impressive form after a 7-5, 6-4 victory against Jenson Brooksby saw him storm into the last 16 at Indian Wells.
jack-draper-shot16Draper demonstrated his class with a comprehensive dismantling of rising star Joao Fonseca in his opening match and backed that up with an equally thrilling win against Brooksby.
The No 13 seed has been knocking on the door of a first appearance in the top ten of the ATP Rankings and now his wait may not have much longer to run, as he is up to No 12 in the live rankings.
He may need to reach the final to get into the top 10 for the first time in his career this week, but an extended run in Indian Wells will pave the way for his progress into the elite list of the men’s game when he plays at the Miami Open later this month.
Draper lost in the second round in Miami last year, so he has a big chance to chase ranking points in that tournament, but his top 10 push is secondary to the opportunity he has in Indian Wells this week right now.
He said: "I finally feel like I have found my blueprint of my game and the way I want to keep on improving everything. Just by being injured in that period, I wasn't able to keep going. I was, you know, stopped still.
"I knew all I needed to do then was just go back and get my training underway, get physically in the gym, do all my conditioning, but get my quality right on court, get my consistency better day in, day out.
"What I need then is to play matches and hopefully win matches. Doha gave me that (lost in the final against Andrey Rublev). So I've been back on that trajectory that I want to be again."
