Jack Draper the last Briton standing in Eastbourne after cruising past compatriot Ryan Peniston

Jack Draper is now the only Briton left standing at Eastbourne, after he reached his first ever tour-level semi-final on Thursday.

Draper, 20, made this week the best run of his career with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-3 win over compatriot Ryan Peniston.

With Peniston out, and Cameron Norrie and Harriet Dart also losing their respective quarterfinals, Draper is the last British player in the draw of what has been a very successful tournament for the home players. 

Draper rises to at least 94th in the world through his run this week, a career-high. For a place in the final he will face Maxime Cressy - an American who favours old school serving and volleying, which helped him knock out both Dan Evans and Norrie in previous rounds.

The drawback with doing well at Eastbourne is that it inevitably means less time to prepare for Wimbledon, but Draper said he was focusing on the tournament at hand.

"There is no doubt that, obviously, if you go deep this week it is going to have a bit of a knock‑on effect for Wimbledon, but at the same time my mindset is not to get to Wimbledon, it is to try and do as well as I can here, and we'll worry about being tired after the tournament," he said.

"But in a positive way I get a lot of matches, I've obviously gained a lot of confidence this week which I can take into future tournaments and I am not thinking about that just yet, I've just got to see how I do the next couple of days."

Peniston, 26, was not strong enough for Draper and perhaps felt somewhat fatigued after having to finish his last-16 tie ahead of the match on Thursday morning. But the past fortnight has also been the best of his career. At Queen's and Eastbourne - his first two tour-level events - Peniston reached the last-eight,