JACK DRAPER landed the greatest win and biggest payday of his career thanks to a brilliant Desert Storm display.The Sutton lefthander became the fifth British bloke – after Andy Murray, Cameron Norrie, Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski – to claim a Masters 1000 title, which sits below the four Slams in terms of prestige.GettyJack Draper won the biggest title of his career by clinching the Indian Wells crown[/caption]GettyThe Brit sunk to his knees in celebration after securing the 6-2 6-2 win[/caption]A dominant 6-2 6-2 victory over the below-par Holger Rune saw him lift the Indian Wells Open tonight, securing a mega £930,000 payday for two weeks’ work at Palm Springs.
A total of ten aces rained down on stressed-out Rune, 21, and it emulated Norrie’s success on the same court four years ago.Draper, who won in just 68 minutes less than 24 hours after beating Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-final, sunk to his knees and pointed both fingers to the sky in celebration.He said: “It’s incredible.
I wasn’t expecting this. I put in a lot of work over time.“I’m just so grateful and so happy to be out here, to be able to play, my body feels healthy, to feel great in the mind.
“All the work I have done over the last few years, it feels like it’s coming together on the big stage. I cannot put that into words.“It was important (to break early).
I approached the game well. Yesterday I had a few ups and downs in the match. A bit of low energy against Carlos.
I learned from that..