I'M READY TO GO DISTANCE WITH SINNER'

DRAPER HAS PLENTY LEFT IN THE LOCKER FOR HIS BLOCKBUSTER US OPEN SEMI AGAINST WORLD Not

- Matt Majendie

JACK DRAPER believes he can take his game to another level against world No1 Jannik Sinner after booking his place in the semi-finals of the US Open.

Draper continued his run of not dropping a set throughout the tournament as he swept aside Alex de Minaur 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 in last night’s quarter-final.

It left him one match away from a first career Grand Slam final, and he warned Sinner (right), who won his first Major in Australia at the start of the year, that he had more to offer in tomorrow’s encounter.

“This is not an overnight thing for me,” he said. “I felt like my level today was solid, there were some glimpses of really good stuff. I still have some levels to go if I get pushed.” The No25 seed had never been beyond the fourth round of a Grand Slam in his nascent career to date, but has been the breakout star of the men’s draw in New York.

After injury setbacks in the past two seasons, when he struggled to get through the physicality of some matches, the 22-year-old insisted that was no longer a problem, despite not going beyond three sets in any match at Flushing Meadows this time around.