French Open: Jack Draper dominates Joao Fonseca to progress at Roland-Garros | Tennis Information

​​​​​​Jack Draper swept apart 18-year-old Joao Fonseca to achieve the final 16 on the French Open and stay heading in the right direction for a quarter-final towards world No 1 Jannik Sinner.

British No 1 Draper, the fifth seed in Paris, beat Fonseca 6-2 6-4 6-2 to safe a fourth-round conflict with Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik, who breezed previous Portuguese qualifier Henrique Rocha 7-5 6-1 6-2.

Sinner trounced Jiri Lehecka 6-0 6-1 6-2 earlier on Saturday – the Italian is but to drop a set within the match – and can subsequent face Russian seventeenth seed Andrey Rublev at Roland-Garros.

If he comes by way of that and Draper beats Bublik, the 2 will meet within the final eight – 9 months after Sinner defeated the Brit within the semi-finals of the US Open in New York.

Draper soars into 4 spherical in Paris

Draper took command of the primary set, dictating the motion of their rallies and shifting properly throughout the clay court docket. He pounced on Fonseca’s efforts to flawed foot him with drop pictures, seizing these alternatives to punish the Brazilian.

He remained assured within the second set, profiting from Fonseca’s errors to exert additional stress on the Brazilian teenager.

He picked the break he wanted, first slicing over a pinpoint drop shot that dotted down at a good angle then seeing Fonseca hit the web inside a rally.

He staved off Fonseca’s try to combat again as he closed out the second set and made certain to take management of the third set from the very begin.

With two early breaks, Draper went 4-0 up earlier than the younger Brazilian may get a sport on the board. Fonseca clawed two video games again, however by no means threatened to overtake the Briton.

Draper: I bought on prime of Fonseca a little bit bit

“I performed good,” Draper stated afterwards. “The circumstances have been fairly troublesome out right here. I felt like the primary set was actually key after which I type of bought on prime of him a little bit bit and I felt like I used my forehand properly.

“I served fairly properly and mentally it was an excellent efficiency from me. The ball was getting up extra and it fits me, the sooner circumstances. Both means I will be prepared for my subsequent spherical. Comfortable to be in second week and hopefully extra to come back.”

This was Draper and Fonseca’s second assembly on the ATP Tour, with Draper additionally profitable the primary – at Indian Wells in March en path to claiming the largest title of his profession so far.

Draper had by no means received a match on the French Open previous to this 12 months, shedding within the first spherical in 2023 and 2024, however is now a real title contender.

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