{"id":29681,"date":"2025-05-11T18:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/jack-draper-smashes-racquet-during-hard-fought-win-over-vit-kopriva-at-italian-open\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T18:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:06:18","slug":"jack-draper-smashes-racquet-during-hard-fought-win-over-vit-kopriva-at-italian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/jack-draper-smashes-racquet-during-hard-fought-win-over-vit-kopriva-at-italian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Draper smashes racquet during hard-fought win over Vit Kopriva at Italian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Great Britain’s Jack Draper beat Vit Kopriva to reach the last 16 of the Italian Open but his frustration boiled over during a straight-set win.<\/b><\/p>\n

Although the fifth seed won 6-4 6-3 in Rome, he was made to work hard to close out the victory and at one point hit the court multiple times with his racquet.<\/p>\n

Draper, who came into the tournament on the back of reaching the Madrid Open final,<\/a> held serve throughout and took the first set in 41 minutes, saving one break point.<\/p>\n

But it was by no means plain sailing in the second as Czech qualifier Kopriva saved four break points to cut his deficit to 3-2.<\/p>\n

After Draper gave him the game by sending a drop shot into the net, he struck the clay four times with his racquet before slamming it on to the floor by his chair.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old left three divots in the centre of the court – and his racquet in tatters – and received a warning from the umpire.<\/p>\n

Kopriva went 40-0 up in the following game but the world number 92 spurned the chance to break back as he sent a straightforward backhand long.<\/p>\n

Draper regrouped to hold his serve and take a 4-2 lead, before setting up the chance to break Kopriva for the second time in the set – and the third overall.<\/p>\n

Again Kopriva proved stubborn opposition by saving two match points, the second after a bad bounce on one of the divots left by Draper forced an error from the British number one.<\/p>\n

But Draper clinched victory at the third time of asking, having hit twice as many winners as Kopriva (21-10), although Draper did notch up more unforced errors (37-27).<\/p>\n

Draper will next play France’s world number 83 Corentin Moutet, who upset ninth seed Holger Rune in the last 16 in a match lasting nearly four hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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