Canada's Gabriel Diallo returns to Brazil's Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida during the third set of a Davis Cup Qualifiers tennis singles match in Vancouver, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Canada's Gabriel Diallo returns to Brazil's Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida during the third set of a Davis Cup Qualifiers tennis singles match in Vancouver, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
INDIAN WELLS - Gabriel Diallo of Montreal dropped the first set 6-7 (4) then bounced back with 7-6 (1), 6-3 wins to upset Andrey Rublev in the second round of men's singles at the Indian Wells Open on Saturday.
Diallo needed almost three hours to take down the 17th-seeded Russian. He finished with 12 aces, 40 winners, 44 unforced errors and six double faults. Rublev had six aces, 34 winners, 32 unforced errors and three double faults.
Diallo saved two of five break points and won four of seven break points. He won 25 per cent (four of 16) return games, while Rublev won 18 per cent (three of 17).
Later Saturday, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., lost a tough three-set match to Katernina Siniakova of Czechia.
Siniakova won the 3 1/2-hour battle 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (1).
The ºÃÉ«tv finished with two aces, five double faults, saved 15 of 19 break points and won four of 19 break points.
Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her partner Luisa Stefani of Brazil edged Jiang Xinyu of China and Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway in women's doubles.
Dabrowski and Stefani lost the first set 5-7, but bounced back with 6-3, 10-5 wins to advance. They'll play Americans Peyton Stearns and Ingrid Neel in the round of 16.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published March 7, 2026.
