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JACK'S LEFT TO FLY FLAG

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April 25, 2024

Raducanu and Dart bow out

- Yasmin Syed

JACK'S LEFT TO FLY FLAG

JACK DRAPER flew the flag for the Brits at the Madrid Open after disappointing defeats for Emma Raducanu and Harriet Dart.

Draper's past three losses ended in a final-set tiebreak but he came back to beat Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 3-6 7-5.

The world No.43 said: "At 6-5, I was thinking this is definitely going to be another tiebreak the way he's serving.

"It's been tough taking all these three-setters and it can get in your head a little bit, for sure.

"But that's where it's like, well, I'm giving myself an opportunity in those situations, now I've got to be a bit braver and try something different."

Draper is now keen to get revenge on world No.9 Hubert Hurkacz, who beat him in Monte Carlo two weeks ago.

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