Almaty Open: Diallo downs O’Connell in first round
The Canadian beat Christopher O’Connell in straight sets on Tuesday. He’ll play Croat Borna Coric in the next round
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Canadian Gabriel Diallo defeated Australian Christopher O’Connell 7-6 (5), 6-2 to move into the second round of the Almaty Open at Almaty Arena on Tuesday.
Diallo, ranked No 118, will face Croat Borna Coric next.
Almaty ATP 250, other first-round results (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1.036.700, most recent results first):
- Timofey Skatov vs. Tomas Machac
- James Duckworth vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Taro Daniel vs. Daniel Evans
- Benjamin Hassan vs. Beibit Zhukayev
- Otto Virtanen vs. Fabio Fognini
- Roman Safiullin vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Borna Coric beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Maximilian Marterer beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-5, 6-4
- Justin Engel (WC) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong: 7-5, 6-4
