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“That’s not even an issue,” Jack Draper’s coach Wayne Ferreira predicts top-10 breakthrough
Tennis NewsTuesday, 18 June 2024 at 23:00
Jack Draper's coach, Wayne Ferreira, analyzed the current
status of the new Brit No. 1 and assured that he has the potential to reach the
top 10. The 22-year-old won his first title at the Stuttgart Open on Sunday and
debuted at the Queen’s Club Championship with a win against Mariano Navone.
The Brit continues his winning streak on grass and had a
stellar debut as Brit No. 1 in London. Draper secured his sixth consecutive
victory on grass. In the second round, he will have the opportunity to test his
skills against world No. 2 and 2023 Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Ferreira's confidence in Draper’s path to Top-10: “I think he has the ability to get there"
The first week of the grass-swing highlighted Draper as the
main protagonist, who seems to be leaving the bitterness of injuries behind and
is beginning to find his path in the tennis elite. Accompanied by his coach
Wayne Ferreira since the beginning of the season, the 22-year-old player
reached his best ranking as world No. 31.
aDraper had already shown glimpses of his talent during 2022
and 2023 but had not yet made the definitive leap after several injury breaks.
The work with Ferreira is beginning to pay off, and the coach spoke on The
Tennis Podcast to reveal how his association with Draper began, after parting
ways with Frances Tiafoe at the end of 2023.
“I've been watching Jack for a while, and he ended up
playing Frances when I was working with him in the Paris Indoors. Even though
Francis beat him, I thought that he had huge potential. He had a lot of
ability. I liked the way that he played and thought that he'd be somebody that
I could really work with and want to help.”
“I reached out to Ben, his brother who manages him, and told
him that I thought that Jack had a lot of potential. You know, if they were
interested in getting somebody else to come part of their team, I would be very
interested to help,” he added.
Jack Draper in 2022 Madrid Open
“I just felt that I could add a little extra to the team to
help him move to that next level, certain parts of the game where I could help
tweak a little bit regarding the serve, which we've been working on a lot in
the last two months, being a little bit more aggressive, picking the right
balls to come forward. So there's not a lot of changes to be made with him;
it's pretty well established, but just trying to help him on the little things
to get him better.”
“Probably the biggest problem or issue that he's had is
being aggressive, learning to come forward. You know, he's developed very, very
well on a defensive base. He competes well, he moves well, he defends well, but
he's off inside of his game. He's weak and he needs to improve on it; he needs
to get more out of the serve, a little bit more of the first ball, but just
being a little bit more aggressive,” the former Sudafrican tennis player said.
“I definitely think that he can make top 10. I mean, that's
not even an issue. I think he has the ability to get there, and then from
there, it depends on how things go and how he improves and where he kinda gets
that little extra that makes him, you know, that person that can get there,”
Wayne Ferreira stated. “But top 10 I think is very, very achievable, and then
after that, you know, it's hard to know, but I mean, he has the ability to do
better than that.
“I think he's a lot better on the quicker surfaces. I think
he'll do well in the indoors and the hard courts. Wimbledon will be a great
tournament for him, but I think he has the ability to do well in the Australian
Open and the US Open too. I don't think Wimbledon's gonna be any better than he
would do on the others; he has the game to do well on all the relatively faster
surfaces.”
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