Emerging British tennis participant Jack Draper complicated to the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open after beating former global quantity 3 Dominic Thiem in directly units on Wednesday night time.

Draper, seeded quantity 13 within the match, received towards the 2020 US Open champion Thiem 6-1 6-4 in a single hour and 20 mins to arrange a final 8 conflict towards Swiss qualifier Marc-Andrea Huesler.

The 20-year-old raced right into a 5-0 lead within the first set, laying the rules for an excellent victory.

The large-hitting left-hander slammed 8 aces all over the win and didn’t face a unmarried ruin level on his serve within the fit. He earned 10 ruin level probabilities on Thiem’s serve, successful 3 of the ones en path to the win.

‘It was once an actual honour to be on courtroom with Dominic’

The arena No 55 was once overjoyed along with his efficiency.

“I used to be truly excellent in the back of serve, truly forged,” he stated, by means of ATP Excursion. “In the second one set it was once tricky as a result of he was once arising with some superb photographs. It was once an actual honour to be on courtroom with Dominic. He is an excellent participant.”

“I began optimistically, I began neatly.

“I used to be hitting in the course of the ball, felt excellent within the prerequisites. It was once a troublesome get started as a result of I felt like everybody was once supporting Dominic and I knew that I had to pop out optimistically and sharp, and that is the reason what I did.”

It’s Draper’s 3rd quarter-final run of the season. He’ll face Huesler for a place within the semi-finals on Thursday night time.