- Draper played the tournament of his life, which culminated with the beating of Holger Rune
- The world not 7 will now fly to Miami to try to make the call double sun
Like evil, sharks and New York city, the tennis tour never sleeps, so Jack Draper had little time to celebrate the biggest title of his career.
“Maybe I will have a drink on you,” joked the newly minimized world No 7 to a small group of British journalists on Monday night after winning the title in Indian Wells. “I will eat with my team, I will definitely not go to the nest.”
The famous Palm Springs nightclub will have to wait another day because Draper will fly directly to Miami, where this week will begin to make the call double sun.
That seems very unlikely, but it is getting imprudent to rule out anything in regards to this impressive 23 -year -old girl.
His raffle seemed imposing in this event that many consider the most prestigious outside the elderly. Draper faced the feeling of 18 Joao Fonseca in the first round, followed by three favorites in the American home. He beat them all without dropping a set, then took the twice champion Carlos Alcaraz and on Sunday night he hit Holger Rune 6-2, 6-2 to claim the title.
Draper described him as his “majority of age”, but the relentless nature of this sport means that there is always another challenge ahead. He has worked at the hierarchy of tennis events, winning 250 in Stuttgart, then a 500 in Vienna and now a 1000 Masters. Everything missing is a Grand Slam. Do you think it can do it?
Jack Draper has had little time to celebrate his success of the Indian wells after the greatest victory of his career.
The world not 7 will now go to Miami while trying to win the call double sun
Draper, in the photo with Emma Raducanu, is also pointing to success in the Grand Slams of the sport
“It's something I am working for,” he said. 'It is different in the Slams, there are five sets, but I am definitely believing more and more, I can constantly compete against the best players in the world. I feel that I belong completely.
'It is a great goal of mine to win a slam, but I know that all I have to do is keep working, continue believing in myself. I definitely believe that I will have the opportunity to be in that great stage.
For a casual observer, Draper's progress in the last 10 months or so has seemed as serene as a duck floating in a lake, but there has been a furious rowing under the surface.
“There are many things that can still improve in my game, which is really exciting,” he said. 'I feel that many players are maximum in some way. I still have a lot to work and a lot to discover with my tennis.
The speed of its development is remarkable. A right -hander who plays Leftie, his reverse of double hand has always been more natural than the service and the right. During his previous visit to Indian Wells, he said, his service was “everywhere”; The last time he played Alcaraz 'with the right, I couldn't hit the skin of rice rice'. Well, against Rune he won 92 percent of the points in the first service and harassed his opponent on the court with a right -wing blow that was like Rafael Nadal.
“I want to be a great player and achieve incredible things in this sport, but my main objective is to continue improving and keep knotting,” Draper said. 'I know there is a long way ahead of me. I am very ambitious. I don't want to stop here.