Emmanuel Langellier, Media365: published on Sunday 04 May 2025 at 11:38 am
Already formidable on hard, the British Jack Draper is now very strong on clay and will play the Masters 1000 final in Madrid against Casper Ruud on Sunday.
Sunday, from 6.30 p.m., the Masters 1000 final in Madrid will oppose Jack Draper to Casper Ruud. A fairly astonishing cast, but since Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner were absent in the Spanish capital, and that Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic quickly flanked, after all … returned to a good level after suffering from mental concerns, Ruud, double finalist at Roland-Garros and even half in Paris last year, remains a specialist in the earth. On the other hand, see Draper at the meeting of the last match of the tournament, little would have bet on it. The winner of the Masters 1000 of Indian Wells, on hard in the American desert, made his way to the final on the Spanish ocher by conceding any set. After defeating Tallon Griekspoor (6-3, 6-4), Matteo Berrettini (7-6, abandonment), Tommy Paul (6-2, 6-2) and Matteo Arnaldi (6-0, 6-4), the Englishman in Estourbi Lorenzo Musetti (6-3, 7-6) and will integrate the world top 5, Monday during the new publication of the ATP.
Musetti: “Jack is probably right now, otherwise the best player in the world, in any case one of the very best”
A musetti who was impressed by his opponent, now efficient on clay. “What is impressive about him is that he is really complete. And he also impresses me when he defends. For its size (1.93 m), it’s really very strong. In addition it is a left -hander that can be used very well, especially in front of a setback with one hand, it is not easy. (…) I am very happy to have shared the court with him and to have felt that I was not so far because Jack is probably at the moment, otherwise the best player in the world, in any case one of the very better, “observed the Italian about the left -hander who starts his games in a rush and hurts a lot.
Draper trained on earth in Monaco with Sinner
Having become a hell of a customer on hard, Jack Draper is now amazing on clay, an area on which he has worked and much progressed in recent months. “We believe that because he comes from Great Britain he does not have many backgrounds, but for a few years we have had excellent courts at the national center of the Earth, prepared by the same Italian specialist as those of Rome, explains his coach James Trotman in the Team on Sunday. We have always had the feeling that Jack would manage well. “Now he really looks dangerous on earth,” said the 46-year-old coach who specifies that the early outings of his British compatriot in Miami and Monte-Carlo have allowed him to work well on earth. “He was able to train for three days in Monaco with Jannik Sinner just before arriving in Madrid. There is worse, as a partner, ”slides for example Trotman. On Sunday, at the end of the day, Jack Draper will advance in favorite of the Madrid final, ready to win a 2nd Masters 1000 and glean a first trophy on clay.
