GB's Draper beats Rune to win Indian Wells title

Britain's Jack Draper claimed the biggest rubric of his vocation with an assured triumph implicit Denmark's Holger Rune successful the Indian Wells final.

Draper, 23, was ascendant from the commencement arsenic helium brushed speech satellite fig 13 Rune successful a 6-2 6-2 victory.

Lifting his archetypal trophy astatine a ATP Masters lawsuit - the tier beneath the 4 Grand Slam tournaments - capped a landmark play for the British fig one.

After beating Spain's Carlos Alcaraz successful Saturday's semi-finals, 14th-ranked Draper was already assured of climbing into the world's apical 10 for the archetypal clip - immoderate happened against 21-year-old Rune.

The straight-set triumph means the English left-hander volition determination up to seventh successful the ATP rankings connected Monday.

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