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We have another quality round of 16 match lined up in Paris as Alex de Minaur meets in-form Brit Jack Draper for a place in the quarters
RANKING POINTS: ATP 1000
START DATE/TIME: Thursday 31st October, 2024, UK – not before 3:00pm / US ET – not before 11:00am / US PT – not before 8:00am
VENUE: Accor Arena, Paris, France
SURFACE: Indoor hard
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel
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ALEX DE MINAUR VS JACK DRAPER PREDICTION
Ninth seed Alex de Minaur had to dig deep in his second-round match with Miomir Kecmanovic before eventually winning 6-4 7-6. There was little between the two players but the Australian just had the edge in the key moments which made the difference.
De Minaur now meets the in-form Jack Draper and he will know that he has to raise his performance levels if he is to have any chance of beating the Brit.
Draper is arguably in the best form of his life right now and the only real risks either injury or fatigue to him. He has played a lot of tennis in recent weeks but fatigue is often not a factor when a player is winning matches. That seems to be the case with Draper right now.
Nobody has had a tougher two matches than Draper has to reach this stage. He has beaten Jiri Lehecka and then Taylor Fritz and the victory over the latter was particularly impressive. Fritz started slowly but hit his stride in the second set before Draper dug deep to win the third set.
De Minaur does not look fully fit right now and just seems to be lacking something. That will not help his cause as he meets one of the most in form players on the ATP tour right now. We have to favour Draper to continue his fine form.
ALEX DE MINAUR VS JACK DRAPER TIP: JACK DRAPER TO WIN