Canadian tennis player Gabriel Diallo misses chance to qualify for Madrid Open main draw

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 12:37 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Montreal's Gabriel Diallo came up abbreviated successful his bid to assertion a main-draw spot successful the Masters-level Madrid Open tennis tourney aft a 6-3, 7-6 (6) nonaccomplishment to Croatian seasoned Borna Coric successful Tuesday's last circular of qualifying successful Spain.

Coric saved each 9 interruption points helium faced portion breaking Diallo doubly connected 3 chances.

Diallo was up 6-5 successful the second-set tiebreak earlier surrendering 3 consecutive points, including a double-fault connected lucifer point.

As the 3rd effect successful the qualifying draw, Diallo stood a bully accidental of advancing to the main gully arsenic a "lucky loser." If a subordinate already successful the main gully withdraws from the tournament, the highest-ranked loser from the last circular of qualifying takes that disposable spot.

Britain's Jacob Fearnley, the 2nd effect successful qualifying, won his lucifer Tuesday with top-seed Daniel Altmaier of Germany yet to play.

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.

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.