Draper is head master

JACK SCHOOLS TEENAGER FONSECA, SAYING: IT WAS MY EXPERIENCE THAT GOT ME THROUGH TO LAST 16

- BY NEIL McLEMAN at Roland Garros

JACK DRAPER bullied Brazilian Joao Fonseca out of the French Open to stay on collision course to meet Jannik Sinner in the last eight.

Teenager Fonseca has been tipped as a future superstar - and Mats Wilander claimed that the world No.65 could join the Italian and Carlos Alcaraz in a new Big Three.

But Draper showed he is the player most likely to threaten the world’s top two as he gave the 18-year-old a tennis schooling.

Fonseca has a fearsome, but wild forehand and the rest of his young game has still to mature.

And Draper mixed drop shots, which his opponent usually did not chase, with looping groundstrokes to break his rhythm and his spirit.

Long before the end the flummoxed Flamengo fan was looking up to his player box in confusion as Draper won 6-2 6-4 6-2 in one hour and 46 minutes.

This hyped encounter started in gentle drizzle and ended as a damp squib. It was man against boy.