{"id":12145,"date":"2025-03-14T05:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=12145"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:41:44","slug":"jack-draper-surges-into-indian-wells-semi-finals-after-brilliant-ben-shelton-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/jack-draper-surges-into-indian-wells-semi-finals-after-brilliant-ben-shelton-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Draper surges into Indian Wells semi-finals after brilliant Ben Shelton win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jack Draper is now set for a mouth-watering showdown with Carlos Alcaraz (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British No.1 tennis star Jack Draper<\/a> has reached the Indian Wells semi-finals with a superb 6-4 7-5 victory over American star Ben Shelton.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old is now set for a mouth-watering showdown with Wimbledon and French Open<\/a> champion Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> in the last four.<\/p>\n

Draper has been in fine form out in California<\/a> – beating Taylor Fritz in the last 16 – and secures a ATP Masters 1000 semi-final spot for the first time.<\/p>\n

The Briton came out on top in a narrow first set and produced a fightback in the second set after falling behind 0-3 against big-hitter Shelton.<\/p>\n

Draper eventually got the job done in straight sets to eliminate three Americans in a row at the prestigious ATP Tour event in the United States.<\/p>\n

‘I didn\u2019t know what to expect today, honestly,’ Draper said after his victory over Shelton.<\/p>\n

‘I\u2019d hit with Ben maybe once or twice, but very short practices. I\u2019ve obviously watched a lot of him, he\u2019s an incredible showman [with] weapons \u2026 can hit a winner from anywhere. <\/p>\n

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‘The serve\u2019s obviously huge. He\u2019s a great competitor and he\u2019s been really consistent.<\/p>\n

‘I knew coming out here facing him on this court in front of the Americans was going to be really difficult today and it was. <\/p>\n

‘Huge respect to him, huge credit to him. He\u2019s going to keep on winning, keep on having an amazing career.’<\/p>\n

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Carlos Alcaraz dumped Jack Draper out of the Australian Open this year (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Draper will move into the top 10 for the first time in his career if he manages to produce a shock win over Alcaraz in his next match.<\/p>\n

‘It means so much to me,’ Draper added. ‘It\u2019s why I\u2019m playing, why I put all the hard work in with my team, to play these matches on these courts and especially in a place like this. <\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s what I\u2019ve wanted since I was a kid and to be here now is a bit surreal.’<\/p>\n

Alcaraz currently leads Draper 3-1 in their head-to-head, with the Spanish superstar knocking the Brit out of the Australian Open earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Draper, though, knows he can beat Alcaraz when playing at his very best, having defeated him at Queen’s Club last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jack Draper is now set for a mouth-watering showdown with Carlos Alcaraz (Picture: Getty) British No.1 tennis star Jack Draper has reached the Indian Wells semi-finals with a superb 6-4 7-5 victory over American star Ben Shelton. The 23-year-old is now set for a mouth-watering showdown with Wimbledon and French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12145"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12150,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12145\/revisions\/12150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}