Jack Draper: British No 1 in the Qatar Open Final after another victory, beating Jiri Leheck in the semifinals | Tennis news
Jack Draper passes to the finals of Qatar Open after another victory, this time beating Jiri Lehecka 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-3.
Lehecka, who stunned the top seed of Carlos Alcaraz in the districts to book his meeting with Draper, settled into the competition, the fastest, breaking British no. 1 and reached a position of 5-3 in advance, where the nerves showed at the time.
Even still, the 23-year-old Czech saved two interruptions while Draper tried to stay in the set, eventually serving 6-3 posture after Deuce.
In the second set, Draper hit the first break to move 3-1 forward, but failed to consolidate as Lehecka broke straight and then used to straighten up to 3-3.
The set remained from there on serving in a tie, which Draper went through with an impressive 7-2 success, pushing things into the third set of decisions.
The third set proved to be tightly up to 3-3, where Draper forced two points of interruption and focused crucially when Lehecka was twice strengthened.
Consolidating his break on this occasion, Draper fought for Deuce the next time Lehecka served, then earned the point of the match, which he took to secure the victory.
Draper will face Andrey Rublev In the finals after succeeding in Canada Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5 4-6 7-6 (7-5) to reach his third open Qatar final.
Watch Draper VS Rublev in the finals of Katar Open Live on Sky Sports tennis on Saturday at 3 pm.
10. Ranking Rublev took four points for the match to close World No. For the sixth time. 23 Auger-Aliassime in seven games.
Rublev lost the finals in 2018 in Doha, but won in 2020 and withstanding 21 Asa Canadians for almost three hours.
“[It took] all. It was great, “Rublev said.
“He served well and I just said,” Okay, I can’t do much, this is one of the best servers on the tour. I just have to try to guess and when I have a moment, just go to it. “
Draper: I’m proud of how I was competing and feeling better and better as the match continued
Draper, who then lost all three of his previous meetings with Rublev, said in Sky Sports tennis …
“In the first set, I put an unpleasant game and Jiri came out with power. In the second I was a little easier to hold and put a lot more pressure behind his service.
“I felt more and more positive about tennis and physically better while the match continued and I am proud of the way I competed outside.
“At the end of last year, I started collecting some real momentum, and then suddenly I couldn’t play a month. In Australia, my level was everywhere, but it was mentally good for me.
“I’m definitely a different player because I last played it [Rublev]. But he is the top 10 player I respect massively. For many years he was the top 10.
“I watched him play this week, and he’s there every ball.”
Andreeva continues Dream Dubai Running with a stunning half -time victory over Rybakin
A teenager’s sensation Mirra Andreeva She continued her giant stab printing at the Tennis Championship in Dubai, upsetting sixth seed Elena Rybakin 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the semifinals.
The 17-year-old semi-finalist of Franch Open, who in the district stunned five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek and former winner of Wimbledon Markets Vondrousova in round 32, is the youngest player to reach the WTA 1000 final.
Andreeva also becomes the youngest player to beat three Grand Slam winners at one event from Russian Maria Sharapova in 2004.
“The last time we played it was a really tough match … In the end, she started me because of her shots and killed me. This time I knew he would hit hard. I tried to fight for every point and continued to believe,” Andreva said .
Next for Andreev in the finals is Clara Tauson Denmark, after the latter beat the Czech Republic 14. Karolina Muchava 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-3.
Tauson, who stunned the World No 1 Aryna Sabalenko earlier in the tournament, also reached its first WTA 1000 final.
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