Draper ran through a Murder's Row of players to reach the semifinals against Alcaraz. He beat Brazilian rising star João Fonseca in his first match, before beating American Jenson Brooksby next. He then beat the top two of the three top Americans, third-seeded Taylor Fritz and 11th-seeded Ben Shelton.

Jack Draper upset Carlos Alcaraz on his favorite court in the world Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, sprinting to a lead and weathering an Alcaraz blitz, then holding it together and letting Alcaraz play just loose enough to give him the opening to break the Spanish champion who had not lost here in nearly three years.