April 23, 2025
Jack Draper falls into the second round of Miami Open to shock the defeat

Jack Draper falls into the second round of Miami Open to shock the defeat

Jack Draper was brought back to earth with a defeat against the Czech teenager Jakub Mensik in the Miami Open.

Six days after winning the greatest title of his career and one of the largest in sports in Indian Wells, the British number one from the 19-year-old Mensik was 7: 6 (3) (3).

Bizarre scenes saw the match in the middle of the second sentence due to loud selection of Brazilian fans in the crowd.

They had secured the seats early in order to be positioned their young Star Joao Fonseca, who had played against Ugo Humbert after Draper’s match, but learned that Draper 4: 3 led that the collision had been moved to the main course.

The 23-year-old Londoner asked that his match would pause because of the distraction, and the referee waited a few minutes that the Brazilian fans would go.

Draper said about Sky Sports: “At first I didn’t really know what was going on, obviously it got pretty loud, I couldn’t really hear how the ball was hit. I can understand her frustration. I just hope that you could get on the pitch.”

However, it did not change the swing because Draper Mensik was unable to force Mensik out of his rhythm, especially when there was a serve, under the other conditions for Indian fountains.

The sixth seed, draper, which broke into the top 10 for the first time on Monday, made a flying start and broke the cafeteria at the first opportunity, but the teenager was 3: 3 and from then on was the better player.

In the first tie, he used Draper’s mistakes of heavy timepecing in the second set six fragment points, although the US Open semi-finalist saved six breakpoints, and the binding briefing went as well as Mensik scored one of the greatest victories in his career with a 21st ASS.

Draper will go home and concentrate on the sound season, with the British singles in Florida now rest on the shoulders of Emma Raducanu, who will start on Sunday in the third round against McCartney Kessler.

The qualification game Jacob Fearnley shot the tournament with Draper and lost 6: 2 6: 4, around Alexander Zverev, who also beat the Scots in straight sentences at the Australian Open.

Holger Rune, who was strongly beaten by Draper in the Indian Wells showpiece, also left, beaten by the huge American Reilly Opelka.

However, it was a happy ending for the Brazilian fans, and 18-year-old Fonseca conveniently defeated the 19th seed Humbert 6-4 6-3.

The third seed Taylor Fritz was a 7-6 (2) 6-3 winner against Lorenzo Songo, while the 20-year-old Hong Kong amazed Wild Card Coleman Wong Ben Shelton in an end strip.

In the third round of the women’s tournament, the top seed Aryna Sabalenka had an easy afternoon, with the Romanian opponent Elena-Gabriela Ruse moving 6-1 after the loss of the first set.

Meanwhile, ons Jabeur was helped by the opponent Jasmine Paolini in court after suffering a leg injury in the opening kit of her competition and retired 4: 3.

Coco Gauff defeated Maria Sakkari in Indian fountains and did this again in Florida. He won 6-2 with 6-2, while Naomi Osaka came to Hailey Baptiste in a collision that lasted more than three hours.

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