Draper through to Japan Open quarter-finals

British number 1 Jack Draper progressed to nan Japan Open quarter-finals pinch a straight-set triumph complete number 2 seed Hubert Hurkacz.

The unseeded 22-year-old, who reached nan US Open semi-finals earlier this month, took 84 minutes to beet nan Pole 6-2 6-4 successful Tokyo.

Draper won 2 of 7 break constituent opportunities and saved 3 of his own.

The triumph was nan world number 20's 3rd against a top-10 force successful 2024 - his astir successful a azygous season.

He will adjacent play nan victor of nan lucifer betwixt France's Ugo Humbert and America' s Brandon Nakashima.

Hurkacz's exit intends 5 of nan 8 seeded players person been knocked out, pinch Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Frances Tiafoe losing successful nan first round.

Elsewhere, America's Ben Shelton hit Argentina's Mariano Navone 6-4 6-3 to besides book a quarter-final spot.