Paris Masters: Britain’s Jack Draper beats Jiri Lehecka to reach second round-ZoomTech News


British primary Jack Draper cruised via to the second spherical of the Paris Masters with a straight-set win over the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka.

Draper, who gained the most important title of his profession in Vienna on Sunday, gained 7-5 6-2 in a single hour eight minutes.

A decent first set went to serve earlier than Draper made the essential break within the eleventh recreation.

The Briton dominated the second set, reeling off 5 video games in a row to seal victory.

He’ll now face American fifth seed Taylor Fritz within the second spherical on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old left-hander, who reached his maiden Grand Slam semi-final on the US Open final month, rose to a career-high rating of fifteenth on this planet on Monday.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz is thru to the third spherical after a 7-5 6-1 win over Chilean Nicolas Jarry.

The second seed, who was given a bye within the first spherical, will face France’s Ugo Humbert or American Marcos Giron within the final 16.

Australia’s Alex de Minaur boosted his possibilities of qualifying for the season-ending ATP Finals with a 7-5 6-1 first-round win over Mariano Navone of Argentina.

De Minaur will change Andrey Rublev within the remaining qualification place with a run to the quarter-finals in Paris and performs Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic subsequent.

Russian sixth seed Rublev, who was additionally given a first-round bye, is out after a 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5) defeat by Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo.


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