Gabriel Diallo is one win away from reserving a ticket in a fundamental draw at a Grand Slam for the second time in his profession.
The 22-year-old Montreal native rallied from a 4-1 deficit within the second set to beat France’s Titouan Droguet 3-5, 7-5, 6-3 within the second spherical of US Open males’s qualifying on Wednesday in New York.
It was the second three-set win this week for Diallo, who must beat France’s Valentin Royer on Thursday to safe a spot in the principle draw.
Diallo is ranked 144th on this planet, Royer is 198th.
Diallo earned a spot within the French Open by way of qualifying earlier this yr earlier than shedding within the first spherical.
In the meantime, Canada’s Rebecca Marino misplaced 6-4, 7-5 to the Netherlands’ Arianne Hartono within the second spherical of girls’s qualifying.
The primary draw begins on Monday.
