Sawt Falasteen - Draper downs Fonseca to reach the French Open last 16

NYSE - LSE

JRI	-0.12%	12.465	$
CMSC	-0.26%	21.285	$
CMSD	-0.47%	21.16	$
BCC	-1.53%	79.82	$
RBGPF	1.9%	69.89	$
RIO	-1.92%	104.8	$
RYCEF	1.65%	21.15	$
VOD	-1.22%	15.935	$
BCE	-0.51%	23.47	$
AZN	-2.07%	166.215	$
GSK	-1.07%	51.52	$
BP	-0.87%	42.49	$
RELX	-1.39%	35.389	$
BTI	1.72%	57.46	$
NGG	-0.76%	80.56	$

Draper downs Fonseca to reach the French Open last 16 / Photo: JULIEN DE ROSA - AFP

Draper downs Fonseca to reach the French Open last 16

SPORTS 31.05.2025

Britain's Jack Draper proved too strong for Brazilian teenage sensation Joao Fonseca in the third round at Roland Garros on Saturday as he progressed to the last 16 in straight sets.

Text size:

The fifth seed produced a polished performance in seeing off the 18-year-old 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in front of a Court Suzanne Lenglen which featured an audible core of Brazilian supporters.

Draper, the runner-up at the Madrid Open this season, will next face former world number 17 Alexander Bublik or 200th-ranked Henrique Rocha for a spot in the quarter-finals.

Draper eased ahead of Fonseca with an early break to lead 2-1 in the first set, before the world number five broke again and held service to clinch the opener.

The Briton survived two break-back points while serving for the second set but managed to see out the tightly-contested frame when Fonseca dumped an attempted forehand winner into the net.

Defeat in the 10th game of the second set seemed to deflate Fonseca as Draper immediately broke him twice to race into a 4-0 lead in the decider before serving out for the win.

Draper now holds a 2-0 record over Fonseca, with their previous meeting ending in a straight-sets victory for the 23-year-old at Indian Wells earlier this year.

That match was the start of Draper's successful run in the Californian desert, which culminated in his first Masters title.

K.Hassan--SF-PST

Sawt Falasteen - Draper downs Fonseca to reach the French Open last 16

Draper downs Fonseca to reach the French Open last 16

Featured

American Moll wins women's pole vault at Zurich city event

Veteran promoter Warren says it's Joshua's job to agree Fury fight

UEFA 'likely' to drop threat to boycott FIFA tournaments: source

Ex-champ Wawrinka gets last-minute wildcard to US Open