{"id":295607,"date":"2023-11-06T00:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T00:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295607"},"modified":"2023-11-06T00:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T00:28:02","slug":"jack-draper-makes-case-for-davis-cup-place-after-italy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/jack-draper-makes-case-for-davis-cup-place-after-italy-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Draper makes case for Davis Cup place after Italy win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jack Draper staked his claim for a starting berth in the GB team for this month\u2019s Davis Cup finals week by claiming a first title in what has been an injury-hit season.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old from Surrey came back to beat Belgian former top-tenner David Goffin 1-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the final of the Bergamo Challenger in Italy, having been ranked too low to enter the Paris Masters.<\/p>\n
He is making a timely run into form ahead of the quarter-final match in Malaga against Serbia, where the outcome of the No 2 singles contest may well prove crucial to the tie\u2019s end result.<\/p>\n
With Novak Djokovic leading the opposition, Leon Smith\u2019s team will probably need to win the second singles and doubles rubbers to make the semi-finals. The world No 1 emphasised that he remains the sport\u2019s outstanding player by winning Paris on Sunday in what was his first tournament for seven weeks.<\/p>\n
After a hard-fought passage to the final, Djokovic comfortably defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3 to claim his 40th title at Masters level.<\/p>\n
His superiority was such that the Parisian crowd, who had been hostile, never really got into the match.<\/p>\n
An exhausted Dimitrov became emotional while seated on his chair after the match, and needed to be consoled by the victor, who will next play in Turin\u2019s ATP Finals.<\/p>\n
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Jack Draper has made a case for inclusion in GB’s Davis Cup team for their tie against Serbia<\/p>\n
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After a hard-fought passage to the final, Djokovic comfortably defeated Grigor Dimitrov (above) 6-4, 6-3 to claim his 40th title at Masters level<\/p>\n