Britain’s Jack Draper lifted the biggest title of his career in Indian Wells one day after sealing his top-10 debut. Draper thrashed No.12 seed Holger Rune 6-2 6-2 in his first Masters 1000 final on Sunday night to be crowned the champion of the event dubbed the ‘fifth Grand Slam’. The 23-year-old is now set to rise to a career-high ranking of No.7 in the world.
Draper had already sealed a place in the top 10 when he upset two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in Saturday’s semi-final. And he backed up his big win with a statement performance against Rune, a former world No.4 and previous Paris Masters champion.
Draper raced into a 4-0 double-break lead before the Dane finally got on the board.
But Rune couldn’t reduce his heavy deficit, and the 6’4” big-serving Brit stormed through the first set in just 29 minutes, barely breaking a sweat on his service games.
Draper continued his demolition job, breaking in the first game of the decider to inch closer to his biggest title.
The errors kept coming from Rune’s racket and another costly mistake handed Draper his fourth break, giving him the chance to serve for the title.
On Draper’s second championship point, Rune sent the ball wide, handing Draper the title of his life. And the 23-year-old got down on his knees, raising his arms into the air in victory.
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