Draper claimed the primary set inside 32 minutes earlier than Cerundolo offered a sterner check within the second, breaking Draper’s serve within the opening recreation.
An extra break meant Cerundolo had the prospect to serve for the set at 5-4 up, however Draper resisted and took the subsequent three video games to clinch victory on his first match level.
Draper’s win means he’ll face 38-year-old Djokovic for the primary time since he took the primary set off the defending champion on his Wimbledon debut in 2021.
“I have been watching him since I used to be a younger boy and in my view he is the best participant of all time,” stated Draper.
“While you come up in opposition to him you already know he will be there mentally, you already know he will make it an extremely powerful match and play some loopy tennis. I will need to be prepared for that.”
The victories for Norrie and Draper got here a day on from fellow Briton Emma Raducanu being properly overwhelmed by American Amanda Anisimova, successful solely two video games and being ousted in 52 minutes.
Norrie is the twenty seventh seed within the males’s draw however performed above that standing as he earned three breaks en path to victory over De Minaur.
His subsequent opponent can be Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata, who beat Kazakhstan’s tenth seed Alexander Bublik in three units.
