Jack Draper served up a hugely emotional interview after he marched into his first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a sensational performance against Tomas Mahaw do Draper has always relished playing in New York where the fast courts help his style and he will now be dreaming big having yet to drop a set in his opening four matches form is bringing back memories of Emma roduku who famously flew under the radar to win the tournament in 202 21 and Draper will be hoping to emulate her in the next week W that Still Remains a tough task arguably this is his best chance yet of winning a grand slam with Carlos alcaraz and Novak jokovic already out and question still remaining over janx CER following his anti-doping scandal he will have to overcome much bigger hurdles than the one check player machak presented as Draper swept to a 6 to3 6 to1 6-2 Victory underpinned by a run of 16 games out of 19 whatever happens next he is the first British man to reach the last date since Andy Murray in 2016 the emotion of the moment clearly got to him as he spoke to the skyports tennis team in New York as he reflected on the injuries that hampered his progress in recent years with injuries there were times when I was going to stop playing tennis I remember those moments all the time and they make new experiences easier for me I feel confident in myself and I've got amazing people around me to support me and show me the way I've always been lucky throughout my years to have amazing coaches and they have all been outstanding with me as a player and a person I wouldn't be here without them Justin sharing Ryan Jones and my coach now James tropman everyone wants the best for me I know they have my best interest at heart and that's tough to find in professional sport because there are a lot of people out there who are there for themselves