By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday October 18, 2024
Gabriel Diallo is slowly changing into a fixture on the ATP Tour. This summer time the Montreal native reached the third spherical on the US Open – his first journey that far at a significant – and he has genearally performed sensible tennis since his run to the Chicago Challenger title in July, going 27-7 in his final 34 matches, throughout all ranges.
On Friday the 23-year-old upset second-seeded Alejandro Tabilo from a set down to achieve his first ATP semifinal, as he earned his second Prime-25 win of the season.
Diallo’s 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory lands him contained in the Prime 100 of the ATP’s reside rankings for the primary time. The 6’8” phenom strikes like he’s 6’2” however serves as large – or possibly greater – than his top. He saved three of 4 break factors in opposition to Tabilo and gained 14 of 20 second serve factors.
“I’m excited. It’s been a fantastic week to this point,” he mentioned. “I’ve been in a position to put some good matches collectively for the reason that summer time. I completed the summer time with a great run on the Open, and managed to maintain constructing on that momentum.”
First ATP Tour Semi-Remaining ✅
Gabriel Diallo upsets the 2 seed Alejandro Tabilo 3-6 6-3 6-4 to achieve the final 4️⃣ in Almaty#AlmatyOpen pic.twitter.com/nBzxveVeOL
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) October 18, 2024
“I needed to dig very onerous at the moment,” mentioned the previous College of Kentucky standout. “Issues weren’t trying good and I managed to flip the match and get the win.”
Diallo did properly on return as properly, breaking as soon as within the second and as soon as within the third set to tug forward of the Twenty third-ranked Chilean. He’ll face fourth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo within the semifinals on Saturday.
Karen Khachanove, the No.3 seed, will face Aleksandar Vukic, who upset top-seeded Frances Tiafoe on Friday.
