Joao Fonseca explains why Jack Draper will struggle to find practice partner after win

believes trusty left hand means he will struggle to find a practice partner at the . There are very few left-handers in the top 100 on the ATP Tour, and even fewer remaining in the Roland Garros draw.

Out of the 16 players still in the draw, only fellow Brit and American star Ben Shelton are left-handed. Norrie faces Novak Djokovic in the fourth round, while Shelton is up against tournament favourite Carlos Alcaraz. If Draper goes further than both, Fonseca jokingly points out that he may struggle for a practice partner. That is because players prefer to practice by hitting the ball across the court to each other's forehand.

Exciting Brazilian teenager in the third round. The 18-year-old said afterwards: "I haven't practised recently with any top five players. I already practised with Jannik. I've already practised with Carlos. I've played with Jack.

"But recently? Tsitsipas, which is a great player. Jack is lefty so I know it's difficult for him to find practice. I see all the lefties struggling about this. But for me I think it's normal. When the coaches are talking, 'let's find a practice... are you playing Halle or no?' You find a way to practice. For practice everything is normal."

Draper came through a potential banana skin with impressive ease. The world No. 5 mastered the art of the drop shot during his 6-2 6-4 6-2 victory over Fonseca.

The British No. 1 reflected afterwards: " I felt like I was pushing him back with my forehand quite a lot, and then that shot was open. I felt maybe physically he was struggling a little bit towards the back end of the second and in the third set, as well.

"It was a good play, because it takes a lot out of you having to run for drop shots, and I was hitting them, for once, pretty well today. So it was a good play. I think when you are pushing someone back with the heavy forehands or something like that, then they're not expecting that one."

Draper, 23, is into the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the third time. An impressive year could continue with an appearance in the quarter-final, should he defeat Alexander Bublik tomorrow.