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Indian Wells: Jack Draper dismantles Holger Rune to make English tennis history in men's final

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British number one Jack Draper becomes the first English player to win the Indian Wells Masters title as he dismantles Holger Rune in the men's singles final.
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British number one Jack Draper became the first English player to win the Indian Wells Masters title as he dismantled Holger Rune in the men's singles final.

Fresh from an exceptional semi-final win over Carlos Alcaraz, Draper - who had been the standout player all week - did not allow Rune a sniff in a dominant 6-2 6-2 win in California.

As well as taking home his first-ever ATP 1000 title and just a third crown at the top level, Draper became the first-ever English man or woman to win the singles crown at the Indian Wells since the tournament's inception in 1976.

The 23-year-old - who is set to move up to world number seven in the new rankings on Monday - is also just the second British man to come up trumps at the Masters event, following in the footsteps of Cameron Norrie in 2021.

Draper needed just 70 minutes to thrash Rune in the American sunshine, the fastest win in the Indian Wells men's singles final in 21 years since his compatriot Tim Henman was defeated by Roger Federer in 2004.

While Rune was far from his best, Draper was unflappable both on serve and on his returning side, firing 10 aces, converting four of his seven break points and slamming 21 winners past the Dane, who managed just seven of his own while committing 20 unforced errors.

Draper dominates Rune after Mirra Andreeva stuns Aryna Sabalenka

Draper was crowned a first-time ATP 1000 champion mere hours after Mirra Andreeva became a two-time WTA winner, surviving a tough first set to stun Aryna Sabalenka in the women's singles final.

The Russian phenom travelled to California on the back of an emotional triumph at the Dubai Tennis Championships, which made her the youngest WTA 1000 winner in history, and she followed that success up with a 2-6 6-4 6-3 win versus the world number one.

At just 17 years old, Andreeva became the youngest women's champion at the Indian Wells Open since the turn of the millennium; Serena Williams in 1999 was the last player to win the event at a younger age.

Having also taken down Iga Swiatek before seeing off Sabalenka, Andreeva also became the second-youngest woman to defeat the top-two players in the world in one tournament, only older than Tracy Austin at the 1979 US Open.

While Andreeva is now revelling in back-to-back WTA 1000 successes, Sabalenka has now been defeated in two straight finals after suffering heartache at the hands of Madison Keys in the Australian Open final.

Following the conclusion of Indian Wells, attention now turns to the Miami Open - the second part of the Sunshine Double - and the draw for the women's singles tournament in Florida was revealed on Sunday. body check tags ::

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