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Italian Open: Jack Draper eases into last-16 in Rome as Emma Raducanu sets up Coco Gauff showdown

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Italian Open: Jack Draper eases into last-16 in Rome as Emma Raducanu sets up Coco Gauff showdown

Jack Draper admitted his frustration had boiled over after he smashed a racket en route to beating Czech qualifier Vit Kopria in straight sets at the Italian Open in Rome.

The British number one and world number five was a set and a break up but had passed up the chance to break Kopria again to make it 4-1 when he angrily struck his racket a number of times against the clay court.

“Obviously, the frustration boiled out a little bit too much in the end, but I stayed at it and came through.”

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