Jack Draper decided last month to skip the tie because ... “It’s been really, really impressive what Jacob’s been doing since he turned pro,” said Smith. “You see what he’s been ...

Tennis took Jack Draper and Jacob Fearnley on different paths from their days as junior rivals but they have converged again at the Australian Open. Fearnley recalled his first meeting with Draper ...

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Back in the days when Jacob Fearnley and Jack Draper were friends and competitors on the junior tennis circuit, in young Jack's more unruly moment his parents would bemoan: 'Why can't you behave ...

Brilliant from Draper. Easier matches lie ahead. Kokkinakis must be sick of the sight of the Brits after his thriller with Andy Murray a couple of years ago." Image: Jacob Fearnley set up a third ...

Tennis took Jack Draper and Jacob Fearnley on different paths from their days as junior rivals but they have converged again at the Australian Open. Fearnley recalled his first meeting with Draper on ...

It was another gruelling contest long into the Melbourne night as Draper won 6-7 (3-7 ... it’s unbelievable.” Earlier, Jacob Fearnley broke more new ground in Melbourne to set up a third ...

Jacob Fearnley is making waves at the Australian Open (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP) Tennis took Jack Draper and Jacob Fearnley on different paths from their days as junior rivals but they have ...

But that wasn't all. As British interest felled in Jodie Burrage, Draper was joined in the men's third round by childhood friend Jacob Fearnley. In his first overseas Grand Slam, he reached the ...