Jack Draper

British No.4 Jack Draper booked his spot in his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal on Thursday night at the National Bank Open (Rogers Cup), after opponent ...

Draper helped Monfils up off the court after the Frenchman fell to the ground in agony. At that point Monfils was a break up in the second set against the Brit at 2-0 – but it had been another impressive display from Draper who seized both break-point chances against the Frenchman in the first set, winning it 6-2. British No.4 Jack Draper booked his spot in his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal on Thursday night at the National Bank Open (Rogers Cup), after opponent Gael Monfils was forced to retire midway through their match.

Gael Monfils retires in the second set against Jack Draper in the Montreal third round. © Mike Lawrence/ATP Tour. ATP Staff Aug 12, 2022.

Paul saved a match point to stun Carlos Alcaraz on Thursday in the second round. Daniel Evans defeated Taylor Fritz for the second time in as many weeks early Thursday evening, claiming a 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-5 win on Court 9. "The most important thing is to just to get a good sleep now," he said, looking ahead to his quarter-final against Jannik Sinner or Pablo Carreno Busta, "I finished last night very late. I came out today and spoke to my coach and we were thinking it was going to be a tough mental challenge today to come out here and be all there. "On Tour, sometimes it's your week," he said of his breakthrough. "I know what it's like to do an ankle," a subdued Draper said post-match.

Three Britons are through to the third round of the Canadian Open, following stunning victories for Jack Draper and Dan Evans.

Draper, who came through qualifying to reach the main draw, fought back from a break down in the second set before wrapping up a stunning 7-5, 6-4 success against the third seed just before 1am in Montreal overnight. The pair will join Cameron Norrie in the last-16, after Draper beat Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim his first victory over a top-10 player and Evans shocked eighth seed Andrey Rublev. hree Britons are through to the third round of the Canadian Open, following stunning victories for Jack Draper and Dan Evans.

Jack Draper will play in his first Masters 1000 quarter-final after the Briton beat Gael Monfils who retired injured midway through their match at the ...

Fritz, the No 10 seed, knocked out Andy Murray on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime will now face Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, in the last eight. The Briton, ranked No 82 in the world before this tournament, will now play Pablo Carreno Busta, the former world No 10, in the last eight.

British number two Dan Evans, meanwhile, shocked eighth-ranked Andrey Rublev.

It’s just good to be out here and try to express myself on this stage.” We were going to maybe train a week, get a bit of confidence. “Last week, me and my coach probably were thinking we weren’t even going to come here.

Draper reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final one day after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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STEFANOS TSITSIPAS suffered a shock defeat to British qualifier Jack Draper at the Montreal Masters on Wednesday.

But Tsitsipas eventually held serve and even broke back to level the match but Draper regained his advantage late on before serving out to take a one-set lead. In a surprise turn of events, Tsitsipas ended up hitting his shot out of the court and losing the point. Draper had seemingly given up on returning back with Tsitsipas having the entire court to win the point.

Draper reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final one day after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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Draper reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final, one day after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in his maiden victory over a top 10 player, when 17th seed Gael ...

The Birmingham product continued his run of upsets with a 7-6 (7) 1-6 7-5 dismantling of American 10th seed Taylor Fritz, one day after he knocked out eighth-ranked Andrey Rublev. Jack Draper and Dan Evans set up a possible last-four meeting after both continued their winning ways at the National Bank Open. Jack Draper and Dan Evans set up potential Montreal final-four clash

Draper reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final, one day after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in his maiden victory over a top 10 player, when 17th seed Gael ...

The ninth-ranked player took just one hour and 12 minutes to defeat the 26-year-old, much to the delight of the roaring Montreal crowd, and set up a quarter-final against Casper Ruud. Monfils collapsed not long after securing a break early in the second, prompting Draper to cross the court to help him into a chair as the Frenchman cried out and clutched at his right leg. Draper reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final, one day after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in his maiden victory over a top 10 player, when 17th seed Gael Monfils retired hurt in Montreal in the second set with the British player up 6-2, 0-2.