Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo has certified for his second profession Grand Slam foremost draw after posting a 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over France’s Valentin Royer in U.S. Open qualifying Thursday.
Diallo struggled to benefit from his alternatives, changing simply two of his 11 break level probabilities. However each these breaks got here with him trailing 4-3 within the second set.
Royer transformed the one break level likelihood he needed to go up within the second set however couldn’t maintain on.
Diallo certified for his first Grand Slam foremost draw earlier this 12 months on the French Open, the place he misplaced his first-round match in 5 units to Japanese veteran Kei Nishikori.
Diallo joins Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., within the males’s foremost draw.
Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., the 2019 champion, and Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., the 2021 runner-up, are within the ladies’s draw.
