SANTA PONSA - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo continued his successful grass-court season with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Serbia's Laslo Djere in second-round action Tuesday at the Mallorca Championship.
Diallo scored his second break of the match to go up 5-3 in the third set, then set up match point with back-to-back aces before wrapping up the win in one hour 47 minutes.
The 23-year-old sixth seed won 83 per cent of first-serve points and had 10 aces while saving three of the four break points he faced.
Diallo, who entered the tournament with a career-high No. 41 ranking, is expected to break into the top 40 after this tournament.
He will next face fourth seed Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. Griekspoor defeated Diallo in the second round of this year's French Open in the only other match between the players.
Diallo, who picked up his first ATP Tour tournament win earlier in the grass-court season at the Libema Open in the Netherlands, is preparing for his first appearance in the Wimbledon main draw after falling in qualifying at the past two events.
He has played in three straight Grand Slam main draws since losing in the second round of qualifying at the All England Club in 2024.
Later Tuesday, second-seed Félix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal faced France's Arthur Rinderknech.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published June 24, 2025.
