Four-midable Draper serves up semi-final spot

JACK Draper guaranteed himself a top-four seeding at Wimbledon after reaching the semi-finals at Queen's Club for the first time.

- By ANDY SIMS

The British number one battled past American Brandon Nakashima 6-4 5-7 6-4 on the Andy Murray Arena. Draper is now two wins away from becoming only the second home men's singles winner in the Open era after the man the court is named in honour of.

But more importantly, Draper has moved above Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz in the world rankings to a career-high of four. That means at Wimbledon, the 23-year-old can avoid Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the world numbers one and two respectively, until the semi-finals.