Jack Draper moved a step nearer to a primary profession clay title as he crushed Matteo Arnaldi in straight units to achieve the semi-finals of the Madrid Open.
The British No 1 bageled his Italian counterpart within the opening set, and although Arnaldi confirmed a contact extra battle and ability within the second, Draper claimed the essential break within the fifth recreation on his approach to an emphatic 6-0 6-4 win.
The victory, sealed in simply 77 minutes, units up a final-four conflict with the winner of Lorenzo Musetti and Gabriel Diallo’s quarter-final and retains Draper heading in the right direction for a second Masters 1000 title of the yr, after Indian Wells in March.
It additionally sees the 23-year-old leapfrog 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic into the No 5 spot within the ATP world rankings.
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