Jack Draper says it signifies “irrefutably the world” to have qualified his most memorable Grand Slam quarter-final after a vehement triumph over Tomas Machac at the US Open.
The 22-year-old created a splendid presentation to beat the Czech 6-3 6-1 6-2.
Draper is the main Briton to reach at the quarter-finals of the men’s singles at Flushing Knolls since Andy Murray in 2016.
“I figured I did the nuts and bolts all around well,” Draper told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“I expanded my level as the need might have arisen and I was really clinical in certain minutes and that was all there was to it.
“I felt like I contended all around well and did what I expected to do.”
Czech Machac had won the three past matches between the pair yet, after a solid beginning, was outmatched by a laser-centered Draper in only one hour and 44 minutes.
With various large names, most quite Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, having gone out right on time, Draper still can’t seem to drop a set in the competition and has a long list of motivations to accept he can go as far as possible.
This was an assertion execution in what has been a leading edge year for the 6ft 4in left-hander, one that has incorporated his lady ATP title in Stuttgart and triumph over Wimbledon champion Alcaraz at Sovereign’s.
He will confront tenth seed Alex de Minaur next as the two men bid to arrive at a first Huge homerun semi-last.
“I feel astounding being in the last eight,” Draper told Sky Sports.
“My most memorable quarter-last, it implies without a doubt the world to me. I’ve certainly felt increasingly more sure about myself.”