NEW YORK — Jack Draper powered into his first Grand Slam semifinal, beating Alex De Minaur 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday to change into the primary man since 2020 to succeed in the ultimate 4 on the US Open with out dropping a set.
The No. 25 seed from Britain relied on his serve that reached 128 mph to arrange a few of his 40 winners within the match, and he broke the Tenth-seeded de Minaur’s serve six occasions.
Draper is the fourth completely different British man within the Open period to succeed in the semifinals at Flushing Meadows, and first since Andy Murray received the title in 2012.
He’ll face both top-seeded Jannik Sinner or No. 5 Daniil Medvedev in Friday’s semifinals. Medvedev was the final man to succeed in the semifinals in Flushing Meadows with out dropping a set, the yr earlier than he received the 2021 title.
Draper’s win over De Minaur, the Tenth seed, is his second straight over an ATP top-10 participant after taking out No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz at Queen’s Membership in June. Previous to that, Draper had a 2-11 report towards the ATP’s high 10.
After beginning the yr ranked No. 61 on this planet, the 22-year-old Draper is assured of breaking into the highest 20 of the ATP rankings for the primary time.
The final man to win the US Open title with out dropping a set was Neale Fraser in 1960.
ESPN Stats & Info and The Related Press contributed to this report.