The British left-hander took the best in three sets on the Italian, this Friday, in the semi-finals, on the clay of Madrid.
He continues to surprise. Jack Draper, recent winner at Indian Wells, will play a new Masters 1000 final in Madrid this season after his victory against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti in two sets 6-3, 7-6 (7/4). The 23-year-old left-hander will try to win a second title in a big tournament against the Norwegian Casper Ruud, double finalist at Roland-Garros, who earned the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (21st) in two sets 6-4, 7-5 earlier.
Draper (7th) has never lost against Musetti (11th) in four confrontations. He was much more conquering from the Italian by breaking it at 2-0. Nervous, Musetti did not make the best match of his tournament. The right -hander had a lot of waste on his backhand in one hand in the face of the powerful forehand of the left -hander.
In the second set, the Italian woke up to go to the decisive game. In vain, since the Briton converted his first match ball. At 23, Jack Draper will join the top 5 on Monday for the first time. The latest left -handed to have reached this level was Rafael Nadal in 2003.
