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REVEALED: Manchester United have a four-man shortlist to replace Harry Maguire and have already held talks with Nice's Jean-Clair Todibo Kyle Edmund faces another top Italian in Jannik Sinner while 11th seed Cam Norrie is up against wildcard Luoa Van Assche and No 25 Dan Evans plays Argentinian Facundo Bagnis. He played Berrettini, currently ranked 14, in the US Open third round in September and lost in four highly-competitive sets. His form looked encouraging on Thursday morning when he defeated Australian Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-3 at the Kooyong Classic exhibition in the Melbourne suburbs. There were tight moments at the end of the second set and mentally I had to come through, I was pleased with the way I dealt with it.'įive-times Australian finalist Murray is outside the seeded positions these days, and therefore vulnerable to facing one of the highest-ranked players. 'I lost to him (Khachanov) and he was way too good, I felt a bit down after that. Speaking after his latest victory, which saw him overcome some nervous moments to take the tiebreak 7-3, Draper reflected: 'I was really proud of the way I played especially after the way I performed last week. I think you can learn so many lessons from a great athlete like that.'Įmma Raducanu will meet world No 74 Tamara Korpatsch of Germany in her first match 'He's someone who fights very hard for every point,' Draper said at a recent GQ Heroes event. After twelve months of eye-catching improvement he is now inside the world's best 40.

His serve looked to be below par in the recent United Cup team competition, but there is no player more masterful than the veteran Nadal, than peaking for the biggest events when he needs to.Ī year ago Draper was playing - and winning = Challenger level tournaments as his ranking was just outside the top 250. Since the US Open Nadal has lost six of his seven matches, including the two he has played this year, one of them against Britain's Cam Norrie. I'll just be trying to play well and do the best that I can.' Whatever happens it will be a special occasion for me, I'm still very young in my career, so it's great to have these sort of experiences and exposure to playing Rafa on a big arena. 'There are a lot of emotions, thinking about playing him, but I have to still got to do well in this week's tournament. Andy Murray faces Mateo Berrettini in his first round match at the Australian Open

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