Diallo rides 13 aces to Libema Open win over Australian opponent in grass-court opener

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 09, 2025 2:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

Canadian tennis subordinate Gabriel Diallo opened his grass-court play with a 7-5, 7-6 (2) triumph implicit Australia's Aleksandar Vukic connected Monday astatine the Libema Open.

The 23-year-old from Montreal had 13 aces and nary treble faults to prime up his archetypal Tour-level triumph connected writer astatine the ATP/WTA 250 tourney successful s'-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Diallo had the lone interruption of the match, and crucially it came successful the last crippled of the archetypal acceptable erstwhile the Canadian returned to love. He did not person different accidental to interruption successful the 92-minute contest.

Vukic was not arsenic productive connected his chances arsenic Diallo saved each 4 interruption points helium faced, including 2 successful the 11th crippled of the 2nd set.

Diallo volition look different Australian, sixth effect Jordan Thompson, successful the 2nd round.

In women's doubles action, Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Carson Branstine defeated Russian brace Anastasia Potapova and Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 (2), 7-5. They volition adjacent look the second-seeded squad of Hungary's Fanny Stollar and Russia's Irina Khromacheva.

Meanwhile, astatine the WTA 500 Queen's Club Championships successful London, England, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., mislaid her first-round lucifer 7-6 (4), 6-2 to Germany's Tatjana Maria.

Maria fired 7 aces and converted 3 breaks connected 7 chances, compared to 1 successful 4 chances for Fernandez.