Rublev eventually took advantage of Draper’s first double fault when he converted the third of three set points to take the first, but having gone the distance in both the last eight and the semi-finals, the Briton dug deep once again to hit back in the second set.
Draper went down in three sets to Rublev but will rise to 12th in the world rankings on Monday.
Jack Draper’s bid for glory at the Qatar Open ended in disappointment when he suffered a three-set defeat in the final at the hands of world No 10 Andrey Rublev.
For 23-year-old Draper, there will be the consolation of knowing he will sit in a career-high 12th place in the latest world rankings when they are published on Monday.
“When I lost the second set, I let it go and started to play more freely.
