Alex deor was beaten by British no one Jack Draper in the final grand slam of the year in new york. Alex deor gave a refreshingly honest appraisal of his opponent Jack Draper after he was beaten by the British no won in the US Open quarterfinal on Wednesday Draper has reached the last four of a grand slam for the first time in his career after knocking out the world no 10 with a marvelous 63 7562 victory at Arthur ashy Stadium the 22-year-old has been an inspired form in New York and is yet to drop a set at Flushing Meadows with the younger are now preparing for a tough Clash against world no one janx Center for a place in Sunday's final.de Manor had only words of praise for the 25th seed after being beaten in straight sets pointing to his upward trajectory on the ATP Tour from when they last faced each other I think Jack has continuously improved every time we've played every year he's gotten better to Menor set after the match he has the right work ethic he's a great guy great competitor and he's doing the right things he's got weapons he's got weapons he knows how to use those weapons effectively and look he's yet to lose a set in this tournament so he's got to be doing something right dot going into the last eight tie deor had been hampered by a hip problem that forced him to pull out of his Wimbledon clash with Novak jokovic in July the Australian 25 admitted he didn't feel 100% against Draper but felt he could have won the match and insisted he was proud with his performance do sure I wish I felt better let's just put it that way de Manor said referring to his injury it's tough It's a big opportunity it's a big chance I'd rather try and think about what I was doing seven weeks ago and where I am now and try to focus on that instead of dwelling on what just happened and me potentially having one of the bigger opportunities of my career and it just slipping away from my hands so I'm going to stick with the positives that I'm proud of myself