Last month, Draper, 22, overtook Norrie as Britain’s top male.
The 28-year-old has had a difficult season, losing in the first round of the Queen’s, Eastbourne, and French Open.
However, he overcame a well-prepared Draper 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 7-6 (8-6).
“It wasn’t easy coming out here today to play Jack, he’s been playing so well and we’re such good friends off the court so we had to put that aside today,” Norrie said.
“I felt like I was a little bit of the underdog coming in today, so I was pretty relaxed.”
In the third round, Norrie will take on Alexander Zverev, the fourth seed.
His triumph was the second for British number twos on Court One following Harriet Dart’s stunning victory over Britain’s top-ranked woman, Katie Boulter, earlier on Thursday.
Wildcard from Britain Although he won a set against seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, Jacob Fearnley was unable to cause a massive upset earlier on Thursday at Wimbledon.
5-7,The 22-year-old Scottish player Fearnley lost to the second-seeded Serb 6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5 in a heated atmosphere on Center Court.
didn’t.Overall, considering how he performed in the fourth, this match may have deserved to go to a fifth. However, I’m really relieved that it didn’t “Djokovic, who underwent knee surgery last month, is still recuperating.
