The Brit broke in the third game, courtesy of a shanked Nakashima forehand into the crowd, and staved off six break back opportunities for the American in a tight first-set, with Draper’s form ebbing and flowing sporadically.

Victory is particularly important for the British No 1 as the defeat of Taylor Fritz yesterday means Draper could earn himself a top-four seeding at Wimbledon, which would mean him avoiding the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev in the early rounds at the All Engand Club.

Jack Draper prevailed in a third-set tiebreaker to beat Australia's Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 2-6, 6-7 (7) in the round of 16 at Queen's on Wednesday.