After Jannik Sinner defeated him in the 2024 US Open semifinals on Friday, September 6, Jack Draper found it difficult to identify a weakness in Sinner’s style of play. Draper’s best Grand Slam tournament performance to date was reaching the final four at Flushing Meadows.
Draper, who was seeded 25th at the New York Major, began his campaign when Zhang Zhizhen, his first opponent, retired from the match in the middle of it with a left leg injury, 6-3, 6-0, 4-0. Afterwards, in the second and third rounds, the British player triumphed over Facundo Díaz Acosta 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 and Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Following a 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tomas Machac in the fourth round, he defeated Alex de Minaur 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. But top seed Jannik Sinner defeated Draper 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the semifinals of the US Open, ending his run.
When asked to pinpoint a weakness in Sinner’s game during the post-game press conference, Draper hilariously struggled to come up with one. In the end, he concluded that the world No. 1 has no real vulnerabilities.
He talked about it and said: “Sinner! What’s one weakness? He doesn’t. He doesn’t have many, mate. He does not. One, uh, don’t know; maybe he’s too nice. Maybe he’s too nice. He’s pretty good as well; I’ll tell you that for a fact.”
After his loss to Sinner at the US Open, Jack Draper was asked if he could point out one weakness in Jannik’s game:
“What’s one weakness? He doesn’t have many, Mate. One. Don’t know. Maybe he’s too nice (laughing).” 😂
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— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) September 6, 2024
Sinner at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2024
WWWWWWLWWW Now the world no.1, Jannik achieved a composed 54-5 win-loss record in 2024. Jannik is playing at the U.S. Open where he bested the world no.140 Mackenzie Mcdonald 2-6 6-2 6-1 6-2, the world no.49 Alex Michelsen 6-4 6-0 6-2, the world no.87 Christopher O Connell 6-1 6-4 6-2, the world no.14 Tommy Paul 7-6(3) 7-6(5) 6-1, the world no.5 Daniil Medvedev 6-2 1-6 6-1 6-4 and the world no.25 Jack Draper 7-5 7-6(3) 6-2.
Jannik Sinner will face the world no.12 Taylor Fritz in the final. Their actual head to head record is 1-1.
Jannik has won 5 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle and Cincinnati.
Jannik won 16 titles in his career: 7 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 7 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Sinner is scheduled to play next in Beijing (China Open). He will start to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 23rd of September.
Jack Draper in 2024
Currently ranked no.25 (career-high), the Brit played his last match on the 6th of September when he lost to world no.1 Jannik Sinner 7-5 7-6(3) 6-2 in the semifinal of the U.S. Open (draw).
At present, during this year Jack has achieved a composed 30-18 record. This year, the Brit conquered 1 title in Stuttgart. Draper got to the final in Adelaide.
Jack Draper will fight against the world no.364 Lucas Poullain in the final. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Poullain.
Draper conquered 1 title in 2024 in Stuttgart. Draper got to the final in Adelaide (Adelaide International).
Jannik Sinner and Jack Draper played each other only twice. Their current head to head is 1-1. The last time they fought against each other, Jannik Sinner won 7-5 7-6(3) 6-2 in the semifinal in New York (U.S. Open) on the 6th of September 2024.
Here are the highlights.
Jannik Sinner and Jack Draper |
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