Diallo eliminated in Madrid Open quarterfinals after being late addition to men's tourney

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 01, 2025 5:14 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Montreal's Gabriel Diallo's awesome tally astatine the 2025 Madrid Open ended successful the quarterfinals Thursday with a 6-4, 6-3 nonaccomplishment to Italy's Lorenzo Musetti.

Diallo, known for his almighty serve, couldn't find his accustomed rhythm, finishing with nary aces and winning conscionable 24 per cent of his second-serve points.

Musetti, seeded 10th astatine the clay-court event, broke the 23-year-old Canadian 4 times and applied dependable unit connected return.

The Italian employed a tactical approach, returning from good down the baseline and often targeting Diallo's forehand to shorten rallies and bounds the Canadian's effectiveness connected serve.

"I astir apt didn't amusement my champion tennis, but the important happening [about] this lucifer was to instrumentality the triumph nary substance however I was playing," said Musetti.

Musetti volition look No. 5 effect Jack Draper of Britain successful the semifinals.

Diallo, who entered the main gully arsenic a fortunate loser, reached his archetypal ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal with wins implicit Zizou Bergs, Kamil Majchrzak, erstwhile satellite No. 8 Cameron Norrie and 15th effect Grigor Dimitrov.

He began the tourney ranked a career-high No. 78 and is projected to emergence to No. 53, according to the ATP's unrecorded rankings.

Diallo volition beryllium the 3rd highest-ranked Canadian erstwhile the caller rankings are released Monday, down Denis Shapovalov, who is projected to emergence to No. 28 aft reaching the Round of 32 successful Madrid, and Felix Auger-Aliassime, who is acceptable to autumn 9 spots to No. 27 aft a Challenger Tour nonaccomplishment successful Portugal connected Thursday.