Canada's Gabriel Diallo upsets Ugo Humbert, advances to Libema Open final

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH - Canada's Gabriel Diallo has chalked up another upset en route to the Libema Open final.
The 23-year-old Diallo defeated No. 2 seed Ugo Humbert of France 6-3, 7-6 (4) in Saturday's semifinal. Diallo also took out No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia in Friday's quarterfinal to advance into Saturday's match.
The six-foot-eight Montreal native turned a 2-2 tie into a 5-2 edge in the tiebreaker. After Humbert made it a one-point game trying to force a third set, Diallo pulled away with two straight points to earn the win.
Diallo had four aces without a double fault, while also winning 83 per cent of his first-serve points. He broke on one of his five chances while holding Humbert without a break point opportunity.
Meanwhile, the Frenchman had two aces, also without a double fault, and won 66 per cent of his first-serve points.
Diallo will next face Belgium's Zizou Bergs in Sunday's final. Bergs defeated American Reilly Opelka 6-1, 6-4 in the other semifinal on Saturday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 14, 2025.

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2025 cinch Championships: Opelka [87th] vs. Ugo Carabelli [53rd] Prediction, Odds and Match Preview

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2025 cinch Championships: Opelka [87th] vs. Ugo Carabelli [53rd] Prediction, Odds and Match Preview

2025 cinch Championships: Opelka [87th] vs. Ugo Carabelli [53rd] Prediction, Odds and Match Preview Camilo Ugo Carabelli (No. 53) will face Reilly Opelka (No. 87) in the Round of 32 at the cinch Championships on Monday, June 16. Opelka is the favorite against Ugo Carabelli in this match, with -1205 odds against the the underdog's +650. Tennis odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 10:36 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Reilly Opelka vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli matchup info Tournament: cinch Championships cinch Championships Round: Round of 32 Round of 32 Date: Monday, June 16 Monday, June 16 Court Surface: Grass Watch the Tennis Channel and more sports on Fubo! Opelka vs. Ugo Carabelli Prediction Based on the implied probility from the moneyline, Opelka has a 92.3% to win. Opelka vs. Ugo Carabelli Betting Odds Opelka's odds to win match: -1205 -1205 Ugo Carabelli's odds to win match: +650 Opelka vs. Ugo Carabelli matchup performance & stats Opelka is 4-2 on grass in 2025. Opelka has an 81.4% winning percentage in service games on grass courts and a 22.5% winning percentage in return games (57 of 70 in service games, and 16 of 71 in return games). Opelka has won 47.1% of break points on grass courts this year (eight out of 17, which ranks eighth). Opelka was defeated by Zizou Bergs short of the final (1-6, 4-6) on June 14 in the semifinals of his last tournament, the Libema Open. Ugo Carabelli suffered defeat in the Round of 128 of his last tournament (the Roland Garros) on May 26, when he lost 4-6, 1-6, 5-7 to Jaume Munar.

Sam Burns holds steady on soggy Oakmont to lead US Open

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Sam Burns holds steady on soggy Oakmont to lead US Open

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — The closest Sam Burns has come to a major championship is sharing a house with a close friend who already has three of them. He has been inspired by Scottie Scheffler the last few years. The next step is to join him as a major champion. Burns held steady after missing a short par putt late Saturday in the U.S. Open, responding with a beautiful pitch for a tap-in birdie and two scary putts down the hill from inside 60 feet to save par on the 18th hole at rain-soaked Oakmont for a 1-under 69. That gave him a one-shot lead over major-tested Adam Scott and J.J. Spaun, with Viktor Hovland not far behind as the only four players to survive par. Burns was at 4-under 206. He has five PGA Tour titles, the last one more than two years ago, and is coming off a playoff loss last week in the Canadian Open. At stake for Burns is a chance for the 28-year-old from Louisiana to become the sixth American at 30 or under to capture his first major since 2020. Scheffler has won 19 times worldwide the last three years, including three majors, most recently last month at the PGA Championship. 'Scottie's obviously an incredible player. I don't think I need to say that,' Burns said with a laugh. 'We obviously spend a lot of time together and being able to talk to him and just kind of learn from him and ask him questions, it's been really cool.' Scheffler has won his three majors in what turned out to be blowouts. Sunday at Oakmont was shaping up to be anything but that. Scott, who only climbed back into the top 50 in the world less than a year ago and hasn't seriously challenge in a major in nearly seven years, became only the third player at par or better for the opening three rounds in a U.S. Open at Oakmont. He birdied three of his last six holes for a 67, getting into the final group when J.J. Spaun made bogey from the bunker on the 18th hole and shot 69. Scott is the only player among the top 10 who has won a major. That was 12 years ago at the Masters. No one has ever gone more than 11 years between their first and second major titles. 'Putting ourselves in these positions doesn't just happen by fluke,' Scott said. 'I really haven't been in this kind of position for five or six years, or feeling like I'm that player. But that's what I'm always working towards. It's not that easy to figure it all out. 'But if I were to come away with it tomorrow, it would be a hell of a round of golf and an exclamation point on my career.' Spaun, who lost in a playoff at The Players Championship in March, kept pace with Burns throughout the back nine until the end. He looked comfortable under the pressure, making only two bogeys while matching pars with Burns over seven straight holes. 'It seemed like we were kind of back and forth,' Spaun said. 'He would take the lead, I would take the lead, I would fall back, whatever. But it was fun. You can't really play against your opponent; you got to play this course. There's just so much on demand with every shot.' The other survivor to par was Hovland, who has been smiling as much as anyone on a course that has been exasperating to so many all week. Hovland salvaged a bogey from an opening tee shot into the bushes and an exquisite shot off the muddied cart path. But he hit the pin on the uphill ninth hole for birdie and hit an amazing wedge from the cabbage left of the 17th green for a tap-in birdie. He closed with a bogey from the rain-soaked rough on the 18th for a 70 and was three behind 'I'm well aware that I've got a chance tomorrow, and if I shoot a low round of golf tomorrow then anything can happen,' Hovland said. 'But there's a lot of good players around me. Adam Scott played a brilliant round today, just didn't really miss a shot. That forces me to play some really good golf tomorrow.' Carlos Ortiz turned in one of the most remarkable performances by going bogey-free for 30 consecutive holes. The streak ended on the 18th, but the Mexican still had a 67 and was very much in range at even-par 210. Missing from the mix was Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player who had won three of his last four tournaments coming into the U.S. Open. Scheffler never found any momentum, with one critical stretch coming right before the turn. After holing a 20-foot birdie putt on the sixth, Scheffler saved par after driving into the rough on No. 7 and hitting wedge to 3 feet. But then what looked like a tap-in par on the long par-3 eighth turned into a shocking miss. He wound up with a 70, moving him from a tie for 23rd to just outside the top 10. But he was eight shots behind Burns. 'I put myself in this position,' Scheffler said. 'It's not the position I want to be in, but I've done a good job of hanging in there and staying in the tournament.' The best news for this U.S. Open was that it finished the third round without weather getting in the way. Oakmont received an inch of rain from when played ended on Friday evening. The USGA offered to refund tickets to spectators who didn't want to traipse through the muck. Divots taken from the fairways looked like pelts, and the greens were noticeable softer and more receptive. There was one spell midway through the round when umbrellas were out and the sun was shining. Burns picked up birdies with a wedge from the fairway to a back pin on No. 5 and a tee shot to 7 feet on the accessible par-3 13th. Equally important were the three times he saved par from the fairway after getting out of position off the tee. 'I didn't drive the ball as well as I would have liked to. But when I got out of position I feel like I did a good job of getting myself back in the fairway, having a wedge or short iron in my hand and giving myself a chance for par,' he said. 'I was able to convert some of those and kind of kept the momentum going.' Now it's a night back at the house with Scheffler, where the conversation is more about kids than about golf. 'The conversation in the morning, we just hang out,' Scheffler said. 'There will be two little kids running around. There's nothing crazy, there's not much to say. Sam's been preparing for moments like this for a long time, and he's put himself in position to win the golf tournament.' ___ AP golf:

Record crowd watches Canada drop tough Volleyball Nations League match to France

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Record crowd watches Canada drop tough Volleyball Nations League match to France

QUÉBEC - The fans broke a record, but Canada came up just short in Volleyball National League action on Saturday at Centre Videotron. More than 12,030 spectators watched Canada fall to France 3-2 in the best-of-five match, including the tense 15-6 tiebreaker. The fan count is the largest audience the Canadian senior men's team has entertained on home soil, and is a VNL North American record. Brodie Hofer and Xander Wassenaar Ketrzynski led the scoring for Canada with 15 points apiece. France's captain Trevor Clevenot, part of the Paris 2024 gold-medal winning team, led all scorers with 24 points. 'We let the game slip away from us, I think, we played well and maintained a pretty good level, but I don't think this is anywhere near our maximum capabilities,' said Canada captain Fynn McCarthy. 'We played a pretty good solid base level but that's not good enough against France. '(Trevor) Clevenot kind of ran away with it in the end and he's a really good player, so credit to him, but we should be doing a better job against his service pressure … I'm proud of the guys. Lots of our guys have never played in front of crowd like that so it was amazing.' France, which won the VNL title last year, led overall in attack points (72-67), blocks (8-4) and made a couple fewer errors. Canada led in aces 5-2. Canada's head coach Dan Lewis said: 'I'm extremely proud of the guys, they never quit and they are growing with every game. We need a good start in the fifth and make better choices. But it's great that we're learning to execute at a higher level on a regular basis. I'm super proud.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 14, 2025.