TORONTO — Towering Canadian Gabriel Diallo beat Matteo Gigante of Italy 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday to achieve the third spherical of the Nationwide Financial institution Open.
The 6-foot-8 right-hander from Montreal completed off Gigante in 1 hour, 46 minutes within the rain-interrupted match.
Diallo saved two set factors at 2-5 earlier than breaking again and ultimately forcing a tiebreaker. Gigante took a 5-3 lead, the dropped the final 4 factors, double-faulting on match level.
“Tennis is typically fairly loopy with the momentum switches that you just see all through a match,” Diallo stated.
Diallo gained his first ATP Tour title final month within the Netherlands. He’ll face the winner of a late match between second-seeded Taylor Fritz of the USA and Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain.
In different second-round matches, fourth-seeded American Ben Shelton beat French qualifier Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-3, and sixth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev topped Hugo Gaston of France 6-2, 6-3.
