Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo’s spectacular run on the 2025 Madrid Open ended within the quarterfinals Thursday with a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti.
Diallo, identified for his highly effective serve, couldn’t discover his ordinary rhythm, ending with no aces and successful simply 24 per cent of his second-serve factors.
Musetti, seeded tenth on the clay-court occasion, broke the 23-year-old Canadian 4 occasions and utilized regular stress on return.
The Italian employed a tactical method, coming back from nicely behind the baseline and regularly concentrating on Diallo’s forehand to shorten rallies and restrict the Canadian’s effectiveness on serve.
“I in all probability didn’t present my greatest tennis, however the essential factor (about) this match was to take the win regardless of how I used to be enjoying,” mentioned Musetti.
Musetti will face No. 5 seed Jack Draper of Britain within the semifinals.
Diallo, who entered the principle draw as a fortunate loser, reached his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal with wins over Zizou Bergs, Kamil Majchrzak, former world No. 8 Cameron Norrie and fifteenth seed Grigor Dimitrov.
He started the match ranked a career-high No. 78 and is projected to rise to No. 53, in keeping with the ATP’s dwell rankings.
Diallo would be the third highest-ranked Canadian when the brand new rankings are launched Monday, behind Denis Shapovalov, who’s projected to rise to No. 28 after reaching the Spherical of 32 in Madrid, and Félix Auger-Aliassime, who is ready to fall 9 spots to No. 27 after a Challenger Tour loss in Portugal on Thursday.
