{"id":40575,"date":"2025-01-17T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/draper-to-play-alcaraz-after-another-five-set-epic"},"modified":"2025-01-22T21:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:34:44","slug":"draper-to-play-alcaraz-after-another-five-set-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/draper-to-play-alcaraz-after-another-five-set-epic","title":{"rendered":"Draper to play Alcaraz after another five-set epic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Britain&#8217;s Jack Draper fought through his third successive five-set epic at the Australian Open to tee up a blockbuster meeting with Spanish superstar Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>Draper, seeded 15th, won 6-4 2-6 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (10-8) against home hope Aleksandar Vukic in another late-night thriller.<\/p>\n<p>The British number one had already quelled a partisan Australian crowd with a comeback win over Thanasi Kokkinakis on Wednesday &#8211; and showed more of his monster mentality two days later.<\/p>\n<p>Draper, 23, led by a break in the decider before Vukic &#8211; who belied his ranking of 86th in the world &#8211; refused to wilt and forced a match tie-break.<\/p>\n<p>A throaty roar from Draper signalled his delight \u2013 and relief \u2013 at coming through in almost four hours just before 1am local time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very, very proud of my efforts from the physical part of things,&#8221; said Draper, a 2024 US Open semi-finalist who is playing his first tournament of the season after a hip injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m obviously not feeling incredibly fresh right now, but I&#8217;ll recover again. 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Britain&#8217;s Jack Draper fought through his third successive five-set epic at the Australian Open to tee up a blockbuster meeting with Spanish superstar Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round. Draper, seeded 15th, won 6-4 2-6 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (10-8) against home hope Aleksandar Vukic in another late-night thriller. 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