"Six months ago, he might not have been able to turn it around": Laura Robson highlights what impressed her most about Jack Draper's win over Carlos Alcaraz

Former British women’s player Laura Robson highlighted what impressed her the most about fellow countryman Jack Draper’s win against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz at the Indian Wells. The 23-year-old, who is already regarded as one of the most talented players currently playing in men’s tennis in the singles category, has had a brilliant time in California, where he lifted the ATP 1000 title after beating Denmark’s Holger Rune in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-2.

With that win, he becomes only the second British player after Cameron Norrie. He lifted the title in 2021 after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Draper’s biggest win of the competition came in the semifinals, where he defeated the reigning world number three and pre-tournament favourite Alcaraz with a score of 6-1, 0-6, 6-4.

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Former British women’s player Robson has been recently quoted in a report where she highlighted that she was most impressed by Draper’s mentality in the win against Alcaraz. The 31-year-old, while speaking to Sky Sports, stated that in her opinion, the 2024 US Open semifinalist would not have won the contest six months back where he would have felt ‘sluggish’ and ‘flat footed’.

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“The ability to reset give the situation,” she said. “I think we can make a big deal about how he was playing and yes the forehand, as the third set went on, was really firing and he was going after the shots. But I think he won that match mentally because you know six months ago, he might not have been able to turn it around and get out of that feeling of just feeling sluggish and feeling a bit flat footed. So to be able to do that in the semifinal against Carlos, who has won this tournament twice before, yea I think we were most impressed by that.”

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