India, March 13 -- Defending champion Jack Draper beat five-time champ Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open. The 24-year-old Draper, who is coming back after missing eight months due to an arm injury, advanced to the quarterfinal round and will face Daniil Medvedev, who beat Alex Michelsen 6-2, 6-4 in the round of 16 to advance.

Djokovic led 6-5 in the third set before Draper rallied and forced a tiebreaker. "I still don't feel like I'm playing anywhere near the way I want to play," Draper said. "I came out here and I won that match through determination."

In addition to his win at Indian Wells last year, Draper won the Stuttgart Open and the Vienna Open, both in 2024.

The 38-year-old Djokovic, a...