Jack Draper v Alex de Minaur: Prediction, Tips & Odds

There's an exciting US Open quarter-final clash in store between Jack Draper and Australia's Alex de Minaur and it may not be long before British tennis fans are hailing the 22-year-old, who is seeded 25th in New York City this year, as a Grand Slam champion.

Even allowing for a raft of fine match wins in the Big Apple in the past week and a half, Draper is a slight outsider for his date with De Minaur. And perhaps that is not surprising given that the Sydneysider has himself enjoyed a fine season, topped by title wins on the hard courts of Acapulco and the Den Bosch grass courts.

This is clearly a tougher test for Draper than his earlier tournament match triumphs over Zhizhen Zhang, Facundo Diaz Acosta, Carlos Alcaraz's conqueror Botic van de Zandschulp and Tomas Machac.

But the son of former Sport England and LTA boss Roger Draper is such an exciting talent - he looks set to fill the gap left by Andy Murray's retirement with aplomb - that there is no reason why he should not give an excellent account of himself against tenth seed De Minaur.

Jack Draper v Alex de Minaur betting tips and predictions

Jack Draper to win match - 1/1

Considering the way he has been performing in New York City, Draper looks well worth a punt to progress to the last four of the season's final Grand Slam tournament with a victory over De Minaur.

On the main stage, the young Briton first served notice of his potential to shine in majors at the US Open last year. After ousting Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets in round two, he went on to fall to Andrey Rublev in the last 16 when looking as if he might just travel further in the draw.

However, while last year offered an outside possibility, a year on and Draper really does look the real deal. The 6ft 4in powerpack from Sutton - the one just south of London - is built to prosper in his chosen sport.

He's capable of shining on any surface - he will have done his time on the clay courts at the Sutton Tennis Academy but seems best suited in his early professional career to the faster courts in the US Open Series Stateside.

His quarter-final opponent in New York, De Minaur, is not easily opposed. The Australian deserves much credit for making gradual improvement in a sport dominated by the natural power-hitters. But Draper possesses such huge potential that even his slighter-built rival, who is known for chasing down any ball he thinks he can get back over the net, may have to give better.

Punters should remember that De Minaur, 25, is more experienced than Draper and the world number 10 will hope to put his greater court wisdom to beneficial use. But Draper has been sweeping past his opponents and De Minaur may do well to stop the Surrey juggernaut.

De Minaur controlled his fourth-round victory over in-form compatriot Jordan Thompson pretty much throughout and a 6-0 first-set score never looked good for the outsider. Thompson had been playing well, but the feeling is that De Minaur will do well to repeat the dose against Draper.

Alex de Minaur to win two sets - NO - 7/4

With the first bet suggestion being by far the main advice, punters should note that this second recommendation is only put forward as a modest interest.

The nearest market to sets-handicap punting on the coupon is to back a player to win or not to win a defined number of sets and the chance can be taken on De Minaur failing to manage two set victories during this quarter-final clash.

De Minaur beat Draper in the semi-finals on the way to lifting the Acapulco trophy in February, but while the Aussie has enjoyed a good campaign, it's noticeable that he has fallen to a number of top performers in 2024.

He lost to Andrey Rublev in the Australian Open, Jannik Sinner in Rotterdam, Alexander Zverev in Indian Wells, Novak Djokovic in Monte Carlo, Rafael Nadal in Madrid, Stefanos Tsitsipas in Rome and Zverev again in the French Open.

Draper is obviously not yet in the same class as those luminaries, but it may not be long before he joins some of them and he could quite feasibly go on to achieve more than most of them have done.

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Jack Draper v Alex de Minaur odds

Jack Draper - 1/1
Alex de Minaur - 4/5

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