Jack Draper cruises into Mexico Open semi-finals with straight-sets win over Miomir Kecmanovic | Tennis News

Jack Draper cruised into the semi-finals of the Mexican Open in Acapulco as he breezed past Miomir Kecmanovic with a 6-2 6-2 victory.

The British No 3 is ranked three places higher than his opponent at 50th in the world, but the gulf between the two players on court proved much greater.

Draper broke Kecmanovic in the third game of the first set and quickly repeated the feat for a 4-1 lead, serving out to take the opener in 31 minutes.

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Draper took control from that moment, however, capitalising on his fourth break point to win the fifth game and adding a double break to move 5-2 ahead.

He served things out to love in the final game, booking his place in the last four in 80 minutes.

Draper beat both Kecmanovic and American Tommy Paul, who he defeated in his opening match in Acapulco, en route to the final of the Adelaide Open in January.

His run has also lifted him 13 places to No 37 in the ATP Live Rankings, a position that represents a new career high.

Draper will play defending champion Alex de Minaur in the semi-finals after the Australian battled past Stefanos Tsitsipas 1-6 6-3 6-3 in their quarter-final.

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Alex de Minaur beats Stefanos Tsitsipas for the first time in their 11th Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory.

The world No 9 came from a set down to beat Tsitsipas for the first time in 11 meetings, becoming the first defending champion to reach the semi-finals in Acapulco again the following year since David Ferrer did so in 2013.

Holger Rune also advanced to the semi-finals for the second year in a row with a 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-0) win over Dominik Koepfer.

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Holger Rune advances to the semi-finals of the Mexican Open after beating Dominik Koepfer by 7-6 7-6.

The second-seed Rune, who lost in the final four to De Minaur last year, will face Casper Ruud in the other semi-final after he battled back to beat Ben Shelton 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 6-4.

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