Jack Draper Storms Into US Open Semi-Finals With Dominant Win Over De Minaur

he received treatment for a leg problem early in the second set while Australian T seed deor seemed hampered by injury issues of his own but Draper playing his first match on the famous Arthur Rush stadium was by far the better player as he became the first British man to reach the last for a New York sins Andy Murray's title winning 2012 he will play World number one janx siner in the semi-finals on Friday Hest ly to be out here in my first match on the biggest Court in the world is a dream come true dra said I think he was maybe struggling which may have helped me like rajak conu dra has reached the last four without losing a set moving through the draw with ease but while rajak con's remarkable wind came from nowhere dra's showing comes after a year in which he has delivered on his long heralded talent he was a Wimbledon run up as a junior and took a set off Novak jokovic on Center Court when he made his Grand Slam debut age 19 injuries last year meant that despite reaching the fourth round in New York he was outside the world's top 100 just 12 months ago but this year he has risen steadily becoming British number one in June and now making his name on the biggest stage ranked 25th in the world after a Serene run to the last eight he had to deal with the distractions of both his own physical issues and those of his opponent who was struggling badly by the end when the final point was one Draper remained remarkably calm carefully rearranging his belongings rather than being overcome with emotion a suggestion he feels there is more to come he will go into the match against sinner or Medvedev as a huge Underdog but history suggests special things can happen to Britain's in New York dot there were doubts about de Manor's Fitness before the match even started after his practice session lasted just 15 minutes earlier in the day appearing in his fourth slam quarterfinal the Australian 25 was sluggish as Draper breezed through the first set and went up an early break in the second as Draper clinched that Advantage de Manor clutched his hip in a potential re occurrence of the injury that forced him to withdraw from his quarterfinal against jokovic at Wimbledon the fizer appeared on court at the subsequent change of ends but that was to treat dra rather than deor with the Britain having his upper thigh taped dra did not seem to troubled and soon had five break points for a five to to lead only for each to be saved by his opponent that began a run of three consecutive games which threatened to swing the momentum of match in the favor of a resurgent de Manor at that stage it was Draper who was struggling physically but his powerful swinging left-handed serve returned at The crucial time to hold his opponent's momentum