British tennis star Jack Draper has named two reasons why he destroyed his racket in a ‘meltdown’ during his Italian Open victory over Vit Kopriva. Draper secured his spot in the last 16 on Sunday with a 6-4 6-4 win over Kopriva but the British No.1 was handed a code violation for his outburst.

Jack Draper overcame a battling performance from qualifier Vit Kopriva to advance at the Italian Open in Rome after Emma Raducanu impressed to continue her own winning run.

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 ...