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Jack Draper topples Félix Auger-Aliassime to crash US Open third round

theguardian.com

Jack Draper launched himself into the big time by upsetting sixth seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the second round of the US Open.

The 20-year-old Londoner has established himself as one of the game’s most exciting young talents this year and he went into Wednesday night’s match against Auger-Aliassime fully believing he could win.

He backed that up spectacularly, taking control of the contest from the first game and never letting up in a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 success that will see him break into the top 50 for the first time.

It is clear he can go a lot higher than that, though – Draper has already talked about wanting to emulate his friend Emma Raducanu – and this was a superb display of aggressive hitting and poise on one of the sport’s biggest stages.

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