Open of France 2025: The rise of the climb of Jack Draper “Insane” says that the following opponent Alexander Bublik
At 23, British tennis fans think they may have found their next Grand Chelem series competitor.
Former British world number four Tim Henman recently told BBC Sport that Draper’s best attributes – his left -handed service and his forehand later – could “work on any surface”.
Before this year, however, Draper had never won a match at Clay-Courd Major, most of his success coming on difficult terrain or grass.
However, he made huge progress on the surface this season and reached his first clay final in Madrid in April.
Managing to avoid the injuries that have tormented it in the past have allowed Draper to reach a much higher physical level of physical form, which was the key to improving the slower surface.
Now, the world number 62 is between him and another quarter -final of the Grand Slam.
And while Draper had the best year in his career, Bublik fell from a 17th century summit in the ranking in 2024 in March 82.
This caused a radical change of approach that led Kazakh to make a trip to Las Vegas this month to explode steam.
“My fall was not linked to the lack of attitude and the lack of practice,” he said.
“It was exactly the opposite. I just run out because I was waiting for the results to happen.
“I said to myself, if I train more, if I hit a better forehand, it’s okay.
When asked if the trip to Nevada was a training trip, Bublik added: “No, Vegas, Vegas, like a Vegas wood.
“It was a good three days. I had just let everything go out. I said, I am useless now, I can’t win a match, so let it be, let’s see how it goes.”
This worked when Bublik won his next event, the Challenger tournament in Phoenix, Arizona, having arrived from Vegas three hours before his first match. He also triumphed over Turin clay last month.
The 27 -year -old slowly climbs the ranking – but Draper will be eager to ensure that a first appearance in the quarter -final of the Grand Slam must wait.
