Madrid Masters: Lucky loser Diallo moves into last 16
Gabriel Diallo edged out Cameron Norrie 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon and will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 15 seed, in the next round
Diallo, Madrid Open, 2025 Chryslène Caillaud / PsnewZ
Canadian lucky loser Gabriel Diallo edged out Cameron Norrie 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Mágica on Tuesday afternoon.
Diallo, ranked No 78, will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 15 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Canadian beat Belgian Zizou Bergs (6-1, 6-2) and edged out Pole lucky loser Kamil Majchrzak (7-5, 4-6, 6-4).
Norrie, ranked No 91, edged out Spanish wildcard Martin Landaluce (6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4) and won against No 26 seed Jiri Lehecka (2-6, 6-4, 6-0) earlier in the tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other third-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti: tuesday
- Jack Draper vs. Matteo Berrettini: tuesday
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Jacob Fearnley (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Alex De Minaur (6) beat Denis Shapovalov (29): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (11) beat Karen Khachanov (24): 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-3, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (14) beat Sebastian Korda (23): 6-3, 6-3
- Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Francisco Comesana: 6-4, 6-4
- Jakub Mensik (22) beat Ben Shelton (12): 6-1, 6-4
- Taylor Fritz (3) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 4-6, 7-5 ret.
- Daniil Medvedev (9) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (28): 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6
- Brandon Nakashima (31) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-5, 6-3
- Alexander Bublik beat Andrey Rublev (7): 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
