Canadian Gabriel Diallo suffers loss at Italian Open

ROME — Canadian Gabriel Diallo misplaced his opening males’s singles match Thursday on the Italian Open tennis event.

Diallo, of Montreal, dropped a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 determination to American Marcos Giron.

Diallo had extra aces (4 to 2) and a greater first-serve share (70 per cent to 58 per cent) than his opponent. However Giron transformed on two-of-three break makes an attempt whereas Diallo was one-for-two.

Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., the twenty seventh seed, is slated to face Lithuania’s Vilius Gaubas in singles motion Friday on the clay-court Masters-level occasion.

Montreal’s Felix Auger Aliassime, seeded twenty sixth, can also be within the event.

On the ladies’s aspect, Toronto’s Victoria Mboko, Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., and Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., had been scheduled to play second-round matches on Friday.

Diallo earned a spot in the principle attract Rome with out having to undergo qualifying after advancing to the quarterfinals of the Masters-level Madrid Open final week. That run improved his world rating to a career-high No. 53.