Jack Draper will surpass Novak Djokovic and will make his debut among the top five after demolishing Matteo Arnaldi in the quarterfinals of Madrid Open.
Draper needed only 73 minutes to see Italian Arnaldi, who beat Djokovic in the second round, 6-0 6-4, with a surprising first set to see him lose only 10 points.
The British number one is the only 10 best player dating back to the male tournament and is now only two games to claim a second title of 1000 Masters in two months.
Draper’s rapid rise to the top of the male game began with the title of Indian Wells in March and has accelerated in clay, which has been consulting its weakest surface.
Having put aside Tommy Paul in the last 16, Draper’s power was simply too much for Arnaldi on the opening set, which lasted only 25 minutes.
The Italian offered significantly more resistance in the second set still did not create a breakdown point and Draper established a semifinal against the tenth seed Lorenzo Musetti or the lucky loser Gabriel Diallo.
While Draper is full of confidence, IgA Swiatek seems to be in a kind of crisis with less than a month for the France Open.
The successful defending champion recovered from losing the 6-0 opening set against Madison Keys on Wednesday, but everything was in the sea in a 6-1 6-1 defeat per Coco Coff in the female semifinals.
Swiatek, who has not won a title since Roland Garros last year seemed bad to taste throughout the time, received a rare warning for an audible obscenity and seemed to be fighting to stop tears.
There were teasing of some of the crowd at the end of the game when Swiatek sprinkled balls outside the court, and the post went to Boed after only 65 minutes.
“I feel that I have not moved well and tennis was also on and off during most of the tournament,” journalists in Madrid told.
“Today all the son of tennis collapsed in terms of tennis. I wish I would have moved better. I know how I can move and, usually, I had to think it a lot during the last week that has so easy.”
After having won 11 or his first 12 meetings with Gouff, many of them encounters with a single year, Swiateek has lost three followed, with this the first time that the American has improved with clay.
“Maybe it was the best level today, but I think that the girl of the Forzé to make some uncomfortable positions,” Gasff said in Her-Court’s interview. “I am very happy with how I played today.”
The victory over Aryna Sabalenka or Elina Svitolina in the final would see Gautfing overcome Swiatek to second place in the ranking.
The other male semifinal will face Casper Ruud, who saw Daniil Medvedev 6-3 7-5, against Francisco Cerundolo, who finished the streak of the Miami open champion, Jakub Mensik.
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