Jack Draper had a fitting response when he was compared to Rafael Nadal after reaching the Madrid Open quarter-final. The British No. 1 thrashed Tommy Paul 6-2 6-2 in just 68 minutes to book his spot in the last eight on the Spanish clay.
Annabel Croft later told Draper that his game was reminiscent of Nadal, the man dubbed the ‘King of Clay’. The 23-year-old has shown some similarities with the Spaniard as a left-hander, but a bemused Draper had to remind Croft that he didn’t quite have the same record on the surface.
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