🎾 ATP Madrid: Jack Draper vs Matteo Arnaldi – Match Preview
🧠 Form & Context
🇬🇧 Jack Draper
- 🌄 Altitude advantage: Madrid’s high-bouncing, fast clay suits Draper perfectly—he’s into his first ATP clay quarterfinal without dropping a set.
- 🔥 Impressive run: Beat Griekspoor, Berrettini, and world No. 12 Tommy Paul—all in straight sets.
- 🎯 Breakout season: Finalist in Doha, champion at Indian Wells, now world No. 6 and surging.
- 📈 Top-10 credentials: A win here could push him ahead of Djokovic in the ATP rankings.
- 🧱 Clay QF hurdle: 0-2 in previous clay-court quarterfinals, both losses from a set up—looking to break that trend.
🇮🇹 Matteo Arnaldi
- 🚨 Major scalp: Took out Novak Djokovic in straight sets in R2, one of the shocks of the tournament.
- 🧱 Solid follow-up: Dispatched Dzumhur and Tiafoe without dropping a set—hasn’t been broken since R2.
- 🎯 Masters milestone: This is his second career Masters QF (after Montreal 2024), and Madrid is clearly a happy hunting ground.
- ⏫ Upset potential: Beat Ruud here in 2023, led Medvedev in 2024, and now looks to slay another top-10 opponent.
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