Vienna Open: Draper cruises past Darderi to reach quarter-finals
Jack Draper beat Luciano Darderi 7-5, 6-1 at the Vienna Open. He’ll face the winner of the match between Grigor Dimitrov and Tomas Machac in the last eight
Jack Draper, Vienna Open, 2024 © Gepa / Panoramic
No 7 seed Jack Draper moved into the last eight of the Vienna Open by winning against Italian Luciano Darderi 7-5, 6-1 at the Wiener Stadthalle.
Draper, ranked No 18, will play the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 3 seed, and Tomas Machac next.
Ahead of his victory, Jack Draper beat Japanese wildcard Kei Nishikori (7-6 (5), 7-5).
Darderi, ranked No 42, defeated Austrian wildcard Dominic Thiem (7-6 (6), 6-2) in the previous round of the Vienna tournament.
Vienna ATP 500, other second-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, hard, EUR 2.470.310, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Karen Khachanov vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Alex De Minaur
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Tomas Machac
- Jakub Mensik (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Matteo Berrettini beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 7-5
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