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

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