Draper left down and out by Bublik's stunning show

With his presence at the French Open hanging in the balance, Jack Draper stepped up to the baseline, down two sets to one, hoping he would begin the new set with a clean slate to initiate his resurgence.

- Tumaini Carayol

Instead, he could only watch on helplessly as his opponent threaded four outlandish winners to break his serve to love.

It was that kind of evening for Draper, the fifth seed in Paris, who was thoroughly outplayed by a stupendous performance from the unseeded Alexander Bublik. The Kazakhstani held his nerve in front of an ebullient Court Suzanne Lenglen crowd to close out an immense win and reach a grand slam quarter-final for the first time in his career.

Instead of a tough, attritional battle with Alex de Minaur, the highest-ranked seed in his section, Draper found himself against the enigmatic 27-year-old, who dramatically toppled De Minaur from two sets down in the second round.

Bublik has been as high as No 17 in the rankings – he is now No 62 – and on a good day he is an incredibly dangerous and unpredictable player. This was a miraculous day.

He said: "I have a certain skill set to play tennis, and it worked marvellously today – 100% one of the best days of my life and one of the best matches I have ever played in my life. That was as simple as that."