Almaty Open: Diallo beats Coric to reach first ATP Tour quarter-final

Canada’s Gabriel Diallo won against Croat Borna Coric 7-6 (1), 6-4 to advance to the last eight of the Almaty Open at Almaty Arena on Wednesday.

Diallo, ranked No 118, will play the winner of the match between German Maximilian Marterer and Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the second seed, in the quarter-final, which will be his first at the ATP Tour level.

The Canadian defeated Australian Christopher O’Connell (7-6 (5), 6-2) in the previous round of the tournament.

Earlier in the week Coric, ranked No 96, won against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, the No 7 seed (6-4, 7-6 (4)).

Almaty ATP 250, other second-round matches (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1,036,700, most recent results first):

• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Justin Engel (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Tomas Machac
• Karen Khachanov vs. Otto Virtanen
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Daniel Evans
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Alejandro Tabilo

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