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Draper said he was “really proud” to make a winning return to the tour following “a lot of down moments [during] the last eight months”.<\/p>\n
Seeking to build on the victory over the 68th-ranked Halys, Draper made an assured start on serve as he lost just two points across his opening four games.<\/p>\n
But he crucially failed to take his first two break points in the 11th game, before Rinderknech seized his opportunity to clinch the opening set in the following game.<\/p>\n
Draper was the first to come under pressure in the second set as he withstood three break points to restore parity at 3-3 but, from the brink of trailing by a set and a break, he reset impressively. <\/p>\n
The Briton lost just one point over his next three service games and would not relinquish control of the tie-break after winning four of the first five points.<\/p>\n
However, it was Rinderknech who forced the breakthrough in the deciding set – with that proving enough to secure a quarter-final meeting with Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n