Jack Draper vs Elias Ymer - LIVE!
Jack Draper had said in the build-up to Wimbledon he was ready to take over the mantle of Andy Murray. This wasn’t quite late-into-the-night Murray dramatics on Centre Court to battle with the local council’s curfew times.
And yet Murray’s heir apparent had almost every facet from the Murray playbook, apt when it should have been the Scot playing the final match on Centre before his morning withdrawal in the singles. There was a dropped first set having been a break up, a loss in the fourth when victory looked to be in sight, vocal self-recriminations, shouts of “come on” and finally at the end of it all victory over Elias Ymer, the scoreline 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Draper makes no secret of how much he leans on Murray as a practice partner, confidant and advisor on the 22-year-old’s still early tennis journey, and will continue to do so in the years ahead.
