Forty minutes into his dramatic, anxiety-filled fourth‑round tussle with Corentin Moutet in Rome, Jack Draper still had just one game to his name. In the face of one of the most cunning, varied players on the tour, he was completely disconcerted. He did not know what to do. Draper spent almost the entirety of the short break between sets shouting encouragement at himself.
Draper responded to the adversity with an exhibition of his growing mental strength and inner belief as he found a way into the quarter-finals with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 win.
