India, May 31 -- Towards the end of a rather long rally, Jack Draper unleashed two heavy forehands down the line. Joao Fonseca managed to get both back into play, but sent the second retrieve a bit shorter than he would have liked.

Draper spotted it and glided up the court. He loaded for the shot, racket cocked way behind his body, eyes lit-up with menace. And then he played a delicate dink over the net. Fonseca was left rooted to the spot.

That point halfway through the fifth game of the third set summed up their third round French Open match, Draper scoring a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win over the immensely talented 18-year-old from Brazil. Draper spent an hour and 46 minutes out-hitting and even toying with his opponent with forays to the net an...