JACK'S LEFT TO FLY FLAG

Raducanu and Dart bow out

- Yasmin Syed

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.