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 will look to conquer Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open after defeating Corentin Moutet in three sets; match is due to start at 2pm on Wednesday; watch all the action from the Italian Open on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,

In the women's draw, Coco Gauff will be hoping to follow up her thumping win over Raducanu by beating Mirra Andreeva, while Aryna Sabalenka faces a similarly tricky test against Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen.