How does Draper win his US Open quarter-final?

Just a mates of years ago, a frustrating tally of injuries near Jack Draper reasoning he "wasn't trim retired for tennis."

But connected Wednesday, he will person nan chance to go nan first British man to scope nan US Open singles semi-finals since Andy Murray won nan title successful 2012.

Draper will play Australian 10th seed Alex de Minaur successful nan quarter-finals from astir 19:00 BST, pinch commentary connected BBC Radio 5 Live and nan BBC Sport website and app.

Draper, agelong tipped arsenic 1 of British tennis' awesome prospects, will dream this is nan commencement of things to come.

BBC Sport looks astatine really he tin hit De Minaur.

As a 6ft 4in left-hander, Draper's earthy devices tin springiness opponents region for thought earlier they moreover measurement onto court.

Once they get there, they are confronted pinch a large first service and an explosive forehand to boot.

The scarcity of left-handers successful nan crippled already makes Draper tricky, but nan truth that he is people right-handed makes him moreover much difficult to face. Essentially, his double-handed backhand almost becomes a second, powerful forehand.

It besides gives him thing successful communal pinch Rafael Nadal - which is nary bad thing.

His service has been an important limb passim nan year. He has won 78% of first-serve points connected nan ATP Tour, 2nd only to Taylor Fritz (78.8%).

Draper has upped that to 80% astatine Flushing Meadows. It is small wonderment he has been surgery conscionable erstwhile successful his 4 matches truthful far.

While his powerfulness from nan baseline is undoubtedly a strength, nan 22-year-old is besides tin of mixing it up erstwhile necessary.

"You look astatine his crippled [and] nan measurement it’s developed from nan backmost of nan court, some forehand and backhand are truthful solid," six-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Tim Henman told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"He's not awkward of finishing nan constituent astatine nan net, whether that’s down a serve-and-volley aliases coming successful down a large forehand."

While Draper has agelong been touted arsenic Murray's successor, it has not been a straightforward journey.

The erstwhile Wimbledon juniors runner-up struggled pinch hep and enarthrosis injuries to nan constituent that he considered quitting tennis.

Instead, he battled his measurement backmost to afloat fitness, yet becoming British number 1 successful June.

However, he has bigger goals - chiefly becoming "one of nan apical players successful nan world".

More recently, Draper admitted to uncovering it "difficult" to person his integrity questioned aft a arguable extremity to his triumph complete Felix Auger-Aliassime astatine nan Cincinnati Open.

However, he has shown existent composure during his New York run, remaining focused connected nan occupation astatine hand, pinch moreover his celebrations understated.

"To beryllium capable astatine that property to beryllium truthful serene astir everything that he is doing is showing a batch of maturity," 2013 Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli told Sky Sports.

His coach James Trotman told BBC Radio 5 Live this is nan calmest he has seen Draper astatine a Slam.

"You commencement to study nan best-of-five, really you’re going to grip yourself, nan emotions, nan days disconnected successful between," he said.

"I deliberation it’s nan advancement that we’ve been looking for."

This is unchartered territory for Draper, whose erstwhile champion astatine a awesome was a fourth-round showing successful New York past year.

It will besides beryllium nan first clip nan Briton has played connected nan 23,771-capacity Arthur Ashes Stadium - a venue he has visited each time during his clip successful nan city.

But this has been a breakthrough twelvemonth for Draper, pursuing up his first ATP Tour title successful June pinch an eye-catching triumph complete Wimbledon champion Alcaraz astatine Queen's.

He is now astatine a career-high of 25th successful nan world rankings.

"He’s managed to person a agelong play of clip wherever he hasn’t missed months of being connected tour, truthful he’s banking measurement much experience," Great Britain Davis Cup skipper Leon Smith told BBC Sport.

"He’s getting much experience. He’s successful nan bigger events much often. From that, he’s knowing really amended to grip himself."

Quarter-final force De Minaur is undoubtedly much experienced. He has 9 ATP title to his sanction and has reached nan past 8 successful 3 consecutive Slams.

He besides leads nan head-to-head, having won each 3 of his matches against Draper.

But, for illustration Draper, nan 25-year-old Aussie has ne'er made it to a awesome semi-final.

"You're expecting De Minaur to make it awkward and tricky," Bartoli said.

"Jack will request to deed done nan tribunal and support connected going astatine him."

Should Draper hit De Minaur, he could look world number 1 - and his occasional doubles partner - Jannik Sinner next.

The Italian takes connected 5th seed Daniil Medvedev successful nan quarter-finals successful a conflict of nan past remaining Grand Slam winners successful nan draw.

As nan lowest-ranked subordinate left, Draper will beryllium nan underdog for arsenic agelong arsenic he remains successful nan tourney - but having sewage this far, thing is possible.