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Draper & Murray lift ATP 500 titles

Jack Draper won the biggest title of his career over the weekend – lifting his first ATP 500 at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.

Draper beat 28-year-old former Paris Masters champion Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-5 in the final to become the first player to win the title on debut since Andy Murray in 2014.

He is now the fourth British player to win an ATP 500 level event after Murray, Cam Norrie and Dan Evans.

Draper has now won two ATP titles on the season – after clinching the Boss Open in Stuttgart this summer – and is now up to a career-high ranking of world No.15.

Read the full report from the Erste Bank Open final

Elsewhere, former world No.1 Jamie Murray got his hands on silverware for the second time this year – winning the Swiss Indoors Basel with John Peers.

Murray and Peers came through qualifying and beat all three top seeded pairs en route to the title – fishing with a final win over Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 6-4, 7-5.

The British and Australian pairing have now won seven titles together, but this was their first since 2015. It’s also Murray’s best trophy win since 2018 (Cincinnati Masters).

British stars continue form ATP & WTA Tours

There were more British finalists in ATP and WTA events this weekend as Katie Boulter, Neal Skupski and Emily Appleton both enjoyed successful weeks.

Boulter was a semi-finalist at the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis last week – her third WTA semi-final of the season.

Boulter beat Priscilla Hon, Kyoka Okamura and Bianca Andresscu before losing out to Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-4 in the final four.

The British No.1 is up to a new career-high at world No.29.

Skupski and Michael Venus finished the week as runners-up in Vienna after losing to home favourites Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler 4-6, 6-3, 10-1 in the final.

It’s the third final that the Wimbledon semi-finalists have reached since joining together over the summer.

New British No.1 Henry Patten and Finaland’s Harri Heliovaara also reached the semi-finals before a 1-6, 7-5, 13-11 defeat to Erler and Miedler.

Appleton joined forces with China’s Qianhui Tang Guangzhou Open – reaching her first WTA 250 semi-final.

Appleton and Tang lost to Katarzyna Piter and Fanny Stollar 7-5, 6-3 in the final four, but the Brit has now broken into the top 100 for the first time in her career.

Titles for Willis, Stevenson, Burrage, Christie & Monday

Over in Taipei, Marcus Willis and David Stevenson took home their second title of the season together and first ATP Challenger as a partnership.

Willis and Stevenson defeated fellow Brit Josh Paris and his partner Ji Sung Nam 6-3, 6-3 to be crowned Taipei Challenger champions.

Willis has won eight titles this season – seven of which have come at Challenger level – and is currently ranked at world No.81 in the ATP doubles rankings.

Meanwhile, Stevenson adds a second Challenger crown to his name on a breakout season that has seen him climb inside the world’s top 150.

Back on home soil – British partnership Jodie Burrage and Freya Christie won the Lexus GB Pro-Series Glasgow title.

Long standing fiends Burrage and Christie overcame fourth seeds Mariam Bolkvadze and Isabelle Haverlag 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 in the final.

For Burrage – who also made the semi-finals of the singles – it’s another strong step back on her road to recovery from consecutive injuries at the start of this year.