Jack Draper reserves his place in the Madrid Open final as he ends by winning his first courtyard Clay

Jack Draper proved that he was a man for all surfaces and all seasons, crushing Lorenzo Musetti to reach his first Clay Court final at the Madrid Open.

He has not yet abandoned a set this week and when he will face Casper Ruud of Norway on Sunday, he will try to become the first British player to win this title since Andy Murray beat Rafael Nadal in 2015.

After his victory at Indian Wells, this is the second final of Draper Masters 1000 of the year and if he can eliminate the seeded n ° 14 Ruud, he will have four ATP titles – one on Clay to go with one on the grass, one on hard and one inside.

Draper spoke this week of being a tyrant on the field, and here he took one of the players on Clay and stole his money from lunch, winning 6-3, 7-6.

By resembling a relative novice on red dirt last season, the draper improvement rate was sensational. The same can be said, to a lesser extent, Musetti, which will enter the top 10 of the world while Draper cracks the top five on Monday.

“It was like a key moment every point,” said Draper. “I thought the level was really high of both of us. I played in Lorenzo throughout the juniors and they are always difficult battles. It was a very good challenge today and shows how far we are both.

The Briton is in the Madrid Open final and is only a match of his first title Clay Court

It was a big victory for Draper, which should also enter the first five Worlds next week

The two 23 years old, these two will undoubtedly be faced several times and on this proof that Draper will not care about this: he now beat Musetti during the four senior meetings without dropping a set.

It was their first meeting on Clay and there were reasons to believe that things would be difficult to drape. Musetti was in great shape, reaching the final of Monte Carlo, and was the first real elite Clay Courter Draper was faced this week.

Musetti is a fans favorite, and not only because he is a dead ringtone for Hollywood Heartthrob Timothee Chalamet. With one of the rare handboards that remains at the top of the game, it works with effortless grace – the kind of player who would have prospered at the time of amino shirts and wooden snowshoes.

But today’s rackets are forged with graphite and carbon; The modern game rewards above all and Draper simply had too much for Musetti.

It was as if Musetti needed something weird – a combination of Drop -Shot Lobs, a flight winner – to win points, while Draper worked in a socket in his comfort zone.

Initially, Musetti looked happy enough to be the most defensive of the two – not always a problem on the clay, but the altitude of Madrid makes the ball fly faster and which rewards the offensive game.

There have been breaking points in each of the first four games and Draper came out of this skirmish with an advance of 3-1. Musetti has shaped some opportunities, but more often than not, the answer was a booming draper service.

On his third point, Draper converted and immediately changed a shirt that dripped in sweat.

Musetti had his moments and pushed draper to an equality break in the second set

But it was Draper who held his nerve, and he has not yet dropped a set all week in Madrid

Musetti, meanwhile, chatted to his coaches almost from the first point of the match and they urged him to play with more assault. Tardively, Tuscan did it and the result was a second tight and highly observable set.

While we slip towards an equality break, Draper started to look a little at the long legs for the first time. An advantage of the languid style of Musetti is that it removes less from the body, certainly compared to the shot of draper heavy goods vehicles. We would have feared for the British player physically if it had gone to a decisive whole.

But he summoned his energy reserves and during his first match point, he hunted another stroke of Musetti Drop and whipped him short for a winner.

“I was just trying to stay there,” said draper about these last tense moments. “I was going a little passive a little passive and so I did an excellent job, especially at the end, by changing tactically and trying to be offensive. We both contributed and we were beaten so hard. I’m so proud of it.