Towering Canadian Gabriel Diallo reaches 3rd round in Toronto
The 6-foot-8 right-hander from Montreal finished off Gigante in 1 hour, 46 minutes in the rain-interrupted match.
Diallo saved two set points at 2-5 before breaking back and eventually forcing a tiebreaker. Gigante took a 5-3 lead, the dropped the last four points, double-faulting on match point.
'Tennis is sometimes pretty crazy with the momentum switches that you see throughout a match,' Diallo said.
Diallo won his first ATP Tour title last month in the Netherlands. He'll face the winner of a late match between second-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States and Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain.
In other 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.
___
AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
5 minutes ago
- Yahoo
2025 Canadian Open final: How to watch Victoria Mboko vs. Naomi Osaka today
In the 2025 Canadian Open women's final, two unseeded players will face off for that WTA 1000 title: 18-year-old rising tennis star Victoria Mboko, and four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka. Mboko has had an unprecedented run at the Canadian Open, defeating three Grand Slam champions so far — World No. 2 Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina and Sofia Kenin. Mboko is the youngest Canadian woman to ever make the final in her home country's tournament, and when she entered as a wild card, she didn't even have a photo on the WTA's website. Now, she'll face one of her idols in her very first WTA 1000-level final. Meanwhile, Osaka heads into their Montreal match with a 2-2 record for WTA 1000 finals on hard court. The 2025 Canadian Open women's final will air on the Tennis Channel at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. Here's how to tune in without cable. How to watch the 2025 Canadian Open final: Date: Thursday, August 7 TV channel: Tennis Channel Streaming: DirecTV and more Who is playing in the 2025 Canadian Open final? Victoria Mboko will face Naomi Osaka in her very first WTA 1000 final. Mboko is the youngest Canadian woman to reach the Canadian Open final, and only the third wild card to ever reach it. She defeated three Slam champions on her journey to the final: World No. 2 Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina and Sofia Kenin. Mboko has said that Osaka is one of her tennis idols. 'It's really cute,' Osaka said in response during a press conference. 'I guess I have to have a really good attitude tomorrow. I can't let her not like me anymore." Victoria Mboko vs. Naomi Osaka match time: The Canadian Open final will begin at 6 p.m. ET 2025 Canadian Open channel: The Canadian Open final will air on Tennis Channel. How to watch the 2025 Canadian Open without cable:
Yahoo
22 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Blue Jays rewrite MLB record books in three-game sweep against Rockies
During the past three days, the Toronto Blue Jays took some serious batting practice at Coors Field in Denver. Unfortunately, for the Colorado Rockies, that batting practice took place in real games and further cemented their miserable season. Toronto obliterated Colorado 20-1 on Wednesday, capping a historic three-game series during which it outscored the Rockies 45-6 to set a franchise record for runs in a three-game set. The Blue Jays had 63 hits in the series, the most by a single team in a three-game series in the Modern Era (since 1901). The run differential of 39 is one shy of the major league record of 40, set by the Brooklyn Superbas against the Cincinnati Reds in 1901. The Superbas are now commonly known as the Los Angeles Dodgers. "It's a really good team that puts the ball in play a ton. That's what they do," Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer said, in the understatement of the year. "It's why they're on top of the American League. So you've got to tip your hat to them, and we've got to make better pitches." In Wednesday's game, the Blue Jays hit five homers and had 24 hits, and they smacked 13 round-trippers during the series. Toronto also had 40 more hits than the Rockies, the biggest hit differential in a three-game series since 1900. The Blue Jays (68-48) have a four-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The Rockies have the worst record in baseball at 30-84 with a run differential of minus-316. The major league record in the modern era was set by the 1932 Boston Red Sox with a run differential of minus-349. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Blue Jays pummel Rockies in MLB history-making sweep
USA Today
36 minutes ago
- USA Today
Ben Shelton reaches first Masters 1000 final with National Bank Open win over Taylor Fritz
Ben Shelton continued his venture into uncharted territory at the National Bank Open on Wednesday night with an upset win over No. 4 Taylor Fritz, 6-4, 6-3, in the semifinal round. It's Sheton's best win as a pro, having beaten just one top-5 player in the past. As usual, Shelton dominated with his power serve and forehand. 'Playing back-to-back guys like de Minaur and Taylor, and having so much success in the long rallies is a big confidence builder for me,' Shelton said. 'Last night, I did it with a little bit more slower, off-pace stuff. Today, I had more of my higher-end, attacking tennis. I'm really happy I showed that, depending upon who I'm playing, I can do both.' Set 1: Shelton 6, Fritz 4 Things were competitive early, with the first three games reaching a break point but ending in a service hold. Then, the opposite became true, as five return points came over as many games. Knotted at four sets apiece, Shelton delivered the first break of the match, game to 15. A service hold was almost guaranteed, and the upset alert sounded. Shelton entered the match 21-1 after winning the first set this year, while winning just four of 19 matches after losing the first set. Starting off hot bodes well for the former Florida Gator, and that trend continued in the second set. Set 2: Shelton 6, Fritz 3 After staying on serve through the first four games of the second set, Shelton broke Fritz earlier than he did in the first. The pressure was already on Fritz to overcome the upset bid and force a third set, but now he needed a break just to force a second-set tiebreaker. The break never came. Shelton gained more steam on his serve, delivering ace after ace. Four of his seven aces in the match came on his final two service games. Fritz held the seventh game to stay alive a bit longer, but Shelton finished it off with a third break to win it in nine games. The entire match took just 78 minutes. Some fans may have spent more time waiting for it to start than actually watching. A 20-minute delay came after a three-set marathon match that took nearly three hours. Ben Shelton's ATP Ranking Defeating Fritz cements Shelton in the No. 7 spot in the ATP rankings. He's now 490 points ahead of No. 8Alex de Minaur, whom he beat in the quarterfinal round, and trails No. 6 Novak Djokovic by just 160 points. Winning the National Bank Open would give him 4,320 points in the next update and move him ahead of Djokovic for the No. 6 spot. Jannik Sinner (12,030), Carlos Alcacarz (8,600), Alexander Zverev (6,380), Fritz (5,525), and Jack Draper (4,650) make up the top five. Those top three are pretty well out of reach for now, but Shelton has plenty of time to catch Draper and Fritz, especially if he continues playing at this level. The Cincinnati 1,000-point Masters starts immediately after the National Bank Open, and then Shelton gets to play on American soil to round out the Grand Slam season. It would take deep runs and maybe a little luck for Shelton to get by Fritz, but it's not out of the question. National Bank Open Finals Shelton faces Karen Khachanov, who upset Zverev, in the finals. The two met earlier this year in the Round of 32 at Indian Wells, which is also a hard-court tournament. Shelton won that match, 6-3, 7-5, but there's far more on the line this time around. Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
