Canada's Gabriel Diallo advances to 2nd round of Madrid Open qualifying

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 21, 2025 2:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Montreal's Gabriel Diallo precocious to the 2nd circular of qualifying astatine the Madrid Open tennis tourney with a comfy 6-3, 6-3 triumph implicit American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran connected Monday.

The 23-year-old Diallo, seeded 3rd successful the qualifying tourney for the ATP Masters clay-court event, had 9 aces to Moreno de Alboran's one.

The six-foot-eight Canadian saved the lone interruption constituent helium faced by converting 3 of the 7 chances helium had, including 1 successful the deciding game.

Diallo volition look Croatian seasoned Borna Coric connected Tuesday for a spot successful the main draw. Coric defeated Finland's Otto Virtanen 6-7 (1), 7-5, 6-2 connected Monday.

Diallo, ranked 78th successful the world, made it into 2 consecutive Masters-level main draws past period astatine Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami, losing to France's Arthur Fils successful the 2nd circular some times.

Canadians successful main draw

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal (18) and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., (29) some person byes successful the archetypal circular of the main gully successful Madrid arsenic seeded players.

In the women's draw, 25th-seed Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., has a first-round bye portion 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., continues her comeback from wounded erstwhile she faces American McCartney Kessler successful a first-round lucifer connected Wednesday,