Jack Draper overcomes Jiri Lehecka 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in the semifinal in Doha on Friday. Draper is going to play against Andrey Rublev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes.
The Brit added to his prize money $ 129,710 after winning this match. He has already won $ 277,715 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 238,450 to his earnings to get in total $ 516,165 in total.
Highlights Jack Draper vs. Jiri Lehecka Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jack scored 108 points vs. Lehecka’s 98.
Draper
Draper served very well to win 88% of the points (45/51) behind his first serve. However he won only 42% points (13/31) on his second serve. The Brit blasted 14 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Jack won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 30%
(3/10) of the procured opportunities.Lehecka
On the other side, the Czech was exceptional in converting all his break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Draper and Lehecka is 2-1 for Jack.
Draw and next match H2H: Jack Draper vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Draper will compete against Rublev in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Jack Draper and Andrey Rublev clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Lehecka grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Brit had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Lehecka was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Jack was perfect in converting all his break points in the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jiri won just 3 points more than the Brit (36-33). The Czech conceded 14 points on serve (26-14). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
The Brit won the set after he broke the Czech in the 4th (3-1) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, Jack didn’t blink to win the set 7-6.
The Brit converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (2-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Jiri was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 15-40).
They played 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, Draper won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Lehecka (38-41). Jack conceded 7 points on serve (13-7
). In addition, on the other side, Jiri conceded 25 points on serve (34-25).Jack won the set after he broke Lehecka in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Jiri was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Draper converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Draper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Draper was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Lehecka (31-19). Jack was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Andrey RublevRublev – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-5 4-6 7-65)
- Jack DraperDraper – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (3-6 7-62 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Jack DraperDraper – Andrey RublevRublev (0-3) – H2H details and stats