Nice Britain’s Jack Draper beat Vit Kopriva to achieve the final 16 of the Italian Open however his frustration boiled over throughout a straight-set win.

Though the fifth seed gained 6-4 6-3 in Rome, he was made to work laborious to shut out the victory and at one level hit the court docket a number of instances together with his racquet.

Draper, who got here into the match on the again of reaching the Madrid Open remaining, held serve all through and took the primary set in 41 minutes, saving one break level.

But it surely was under no circumstances plain crusing within the second as Czech qualifier Kopriva saved 4 break factors to chop his deficit to 3-2.

After Draper gave him the sport by sending a drop shot into the online, he struck the clay 4 instances together with his racquet earlier than slamming it on to the ground by his chair.

The 23-year-old left three divots within the centre of the court docket – and his racquet in tatters – and obtained a warning from the umpire.

Kopriva went 40-0 up within the following recreation however the world quantity 92 spurned the possibility to interrupt again as he despatched an easy backhand lengthy.

Draper regrouped to carry his serve and take a 4-2 lead, earlier than organising the possibility to interrupt Kopriva for the second time within the set – and the third total.

Once more Kopriva proved cussed opposition by saving two match factors, the second after a foul bounce on one of many divots left by Draper compelled an error from the British primary.

However Draper clinched victory on the third time of asking, having hit twice as many winners as Kopriva (21-10), though Draper did notch up extra unforced errors (37-27).

Draper will subsequent play France’s world quantity 83 Corentin Moutet, who upset ninth seed Holger Rune within the final 16 in a match lasting practically 4 hours.