Jannik Sinner shows Jack Draper how it's done with a dominant straight-set victory over Alexander Bublik... days after the Kazakh dumped the British No 1 out at Roland Garros

Daily Mail​

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Jannik Sinner did what Jack Draper could not, surviving Alexander Bublik's trial by drop shot to reach the semi-finals of the French Open.
It was always a tall order for Bublik to strike lightning in a bottle twice in three days, after his combination of brutal power and deft touch took out the British No1.
World No1 Sinner was utterly relentless, winning 6-1, 7-5, 6-0. His superior movement and extraordinary ability to take the ball consistently on the half-volley allowed him to play much closer to the baseline than Draper - and therefore be far less vulnerable to the drop shot.
Bublik brought some of his sorcery to bear in the second set but he was never in this match. He had such belief against Draper he could get the win; it never felt like he had the same confidence here.
'He's in another dimension with all the aspects of the game,' said the 27-year-old of Sinner. 'He's playing fast. He's playing smart. Physically he's at a top level. So it's not easy.'
Sinner was awaiting the winner of last night's blockbuster quarter-final between Novak Djokovic and last year's runner-up Alexander Zverev.
Having missed three months with his anti-doping ban, the 23-year-old Italian has still lost only one match this year, to Carlos Alcaraz in the Rome final last month. The smart money remains on those two meeting again in Paris on Sunday.