Stout Jack Draper outlasts Vukic in the 3rd round at the Australian Open – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Jack Draper outlasts Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 2-6 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(8) in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Draper will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Carlos Alcaraz in the 4^th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 58 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Draper added to his prize money $ 130,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 420,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 245,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 665,000 in total.

Highlights Jack Draper vs. Aleksandar Vukic Australian Open – Melbourne

Draper’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Jack scored 178 points vs. the Australian’s 174.

Draper

The Brit served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (84/112) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (27/52) on his second serve. Draper fired 29 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Draper won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 22% (4/18) of the procured opportunities.

Vukic

On the other side, the Australian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 43% – 6/14). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Draper and Vukic is 1-0 for Jack.

Draw and next match H2H: Jack Draper vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats

Draper will compete against Alcaraz in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Jack Draper and Carlos Alcaraz clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

Draper came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Aleksandar Vukic in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Jack refused to bow to come back to break Aleksandar in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Jack failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

Vukic was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Draper converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8^th (3-4 0-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Vukic was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 11^th game (3-6 30-40).

They played 56 points. Jack won 4 points more than the Australian (30-26). The Brit surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).

Draper got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Aleksandar Vukic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Vukic to win the set since Jack found the way to break back in the 6^th (1-5) game.

The Australian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 30.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Aleksandar won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Vukic was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5^th game (4-0 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Brit was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4^th (0-3 40-A) and the 6^th game (0-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 54 points. Aleksandar conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Draper (30-24). Aleksandar lost 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, Draper conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Vukic grabbed in the 11^th game (6-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).

The Brit had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.

Vukic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Draper was unerring in converting all his break points in the 12^th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Vukic won just 3 points more than the Brit (36-33). Vukic lost 11 points on serve (25-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).

Draper won the set after he broke the Australian .

Jack was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Aleksandar was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 92 points. It’s worth to point out that, Draper won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Vukic (44-48). Jack surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8

). Regarding the other side of the net, Vukic conceded 22 points on serve (40-22).

The 5^th set random the decider was a thriller.

Draper won the set after he broke Vukic in the 3^rd (2-1) game. Vukic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. However, Jack didn’t lose the lead to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 8.

Tiebreak

Draper won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 12^th (6-6), 13^th (7-6), 16^th (9-7) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Australian won 3 minibreaks in the 6^th (3-3), 11^th (6-5) and 14^th (7-7) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7, 9-8, 10-8

Jack converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5^th game (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Draper saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 5-6 down. Moreover, on the other side, Aleksandar converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6^th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 81 points. Jack was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Vukic (45-36). Draper surrendered 9 points on serve (27-9). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).

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