Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz 'motivating' Jack Draper for Wimbledon success

Jack Draper has credited Emma Raducanu for motivating him to get to an "incredible place" with the 20-year-old set to play his second Wimbledon main draw. The Brit broke the world's top 100 and got his first top 15 win on Monday, and has also cited fellow Next Gen player Carlos Alcaraz as a "benchmark".

Draper is set to face Emil Ruusuvuori in the second round at Queen's on Wednesday after earning the biggest win of his career over world No 14 Taylor Fritz in the opening round on Monday, the same day he reached a career-high of world No 99. He will then go onto Wimbledon for his second main draw appearance at the All England Club, having taken the first set off of eventual-champion Novak Djokovic in his debut last year.

The Sutton native has credited fellow Brit Raducanu for serving as motivation following her run to the second week of Wimbledon as the 338th-ranked wildcard last year, and her unprecedented US Open win that saw her become the first qualifier ever to lift a Major title. "It was a big motivation to see Emma win. Inspired me for sure," the British No 4 told the ATP.

"I think watching her do something special, made me think as someone in a tough place who was injured, I saw her do well and thought I could do that. Not to the same extent maybe as the women's game is a bit younger, so you can do that a bit younger, but definitely shows you can go from a tough place to an incredible place quickly."

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While Draper didn't expect to achieve the same sudden breakthrough as the WTA world No 11 given the age players on the ATP Tour reached similar heights, he did look to 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz as his "benchmark" with the Spanish teenager winning