How does Draper win his US Open quarter-final?

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

But connected Wednesday, helium volition person the accidental to go the archetypal British antheral to scope the US Open singles semi-finals since Andy Murray won the rubric successful 2012.

Draper volition play Australian 10th effect Alex de Minaur successful the quarter-finals from astir 19:00 BST, with commentary connected BBC Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website and app.

Draper, agelong tipped arsenic 1 of British tennis' large prospects, volition anticipation this is the commencement of things to come.

BBC Sport looks astatine however helium tin bushed De Minaur.

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

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

The scarcity of left-handers successful the crippled already makes Draper tricky, but the information that helium is people right-handed makes him adjacent much hard to face. Essentially, his double-handed backhand astir becomes a second, almighty forehand.

It besides gives him thing successful communal with Rafael Nadal - which is nary atrocious thing.

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

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

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

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

"He's not shy of finishing the constituent astatine the net, whether that’s down a serve-and-volley oregon 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 with hep and enarthrosis injuries to the constituent that helium considered quitting tennis.

Instead, helium battled his mode backmost to afloat fitness, yet becoming British fig 1 successful June.

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

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

However, helium has shown existent composure during his New York run, remaining focused connected the occupation astatine hand, with adjacent his celebrations understated.

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

His manager James Trotman told BBC Radio 5 Live this is the calmest helium has seen Draper astatine a Slam.

"You commencement to larn the best-of-five, however you’re going to grip yourself, the emotions, the days disconnected successful between," helium said.

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

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

It volition besides beryllium the archetypal clip the Briton has played connected the 23,771-capacity Arthur Ashes Stadium - a venue helium has visited each time during his clip successful the city.

But this has been a breakthrough twelvemonth for Draper, pursuing up his archetypal ATP Tour rubric successful June with an eye-catching triumph implicit Wimbledon champion Alcaraz astatine Queen's.

He is present astatine a career-high of 25th successful the satellite rankings.

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

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

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

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

But, similar Draper, the 25-year-old Aussie has ne'er made it to a large semi-final.

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

"Jack volition request to deed done the tribunal and support connected going astatine him."

Should Draper bushed De Minaur, helium could look satellite fig 1 - and his occasional doubles spouse - Jannik Sinner next.

The Italian takes connected 5th effect Daniil Medvedev successful the quarter-finals successful a clash of the past remaining Grand Slam winners successful the draw.

As the lowest-ranked subordinate left, Draper volition beryllium the underdog for arsenic agelong arsenic helium remains successful the tourney - but having got this far, thing is possible.