Jack Draper marched into the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna and will next face a showdown with highly-talented Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
Draper, seeded seventh in Austria, beat Tomas Machac 6-3 3-6 6-1, recovering from losing his first set of the tournament to break his Czech opponent twice while breezing through the decider. The British No 1 - who secured his first ATP Tour title this summer when he won the Stuttgart Open - will play sixth seed Musetti in the last four on Saturday after the Wimbledon semi-finalist upset top seed Alexander Zverev 2-6 7-6 6-4.
' Tale of the Tape Draper continues to climbDraper lifted his maiden ATP Tour title in Stuttgart earlier this year, after which he became the 19th man to become British No 1 in the Open Era. He made more headlines after beating Carlos Alcaraz at Queen's and he then reached the US Open semi-finals where he was undone by world No 1 Jannik Sinner.
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