Gabriel Diallo lived a dream week at the Madrid Open, but any good thing has an end. The exceptional course of Montrealers in a tournament on the Masters 1000 circuit ended on Thursday in the quarter -finals against 11e mondial Lorenzo Muzzles.
The next day on The most important victory of his careerthe Canadian has started the duel well, but was unable to continue on his momentum. Once the Italian started, Diallo failed to slow it down and Muzzles Access to the square of AS thanks to a gain of 6-4 and 6-3.
Diallo has experienced consistency problems ; He committed 37 direct faults and produced only 14 winning shots, and did not succeed in one ACE. Muzzles was also enjoyed the second offerings of his young rival, winning 77 percent of the points when Diallo missed his first ball.
The Montrealer did not seem nervous at the beginning of this important duel. At 3-2, a powerful forehand allowed him to obtain a broken ball which he materialized by attacking the net on a second ball return to take the lead 4-2.
This advantage was unfortunately short -lived because this breakage seemed to awaken Muzzleswhich then won the following six games to lead by a round and a breakage.
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-It must be admitted that Diallo made him easier, because at 4-2, he played a poor game to allow the Italian to set the record straight. At 4-4, the multiple Canadian errors have given Muzzles The chance to serve for the Channel. Diallo endeavored to recover, getting four BRIS bullets in the 10egame, but Muzzles them all pushed them before concretizing his second round ball.
At the first game of the second act, a winning forehand allowed the Italian to lead 0-40 on the service of the Canadian, and on the second broken ball, Diallo missed a smash to give in the break.
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Muzzles Then took advantage of the lack of consistency of Diallo to keep his advance and head for the semi-final. Diallo won only two points in return in the second round and played a bad ninth game, conceding a second break and the match.
Despite the defeat, Diallo will reach a new summit on Monday because he should enter the top 60 for the first time in his career. So he shouldn’t have to be drafted anytime soon. He has already obtained a direct entry to the Italian Open next week in Rome.
Photo vedette : Martin Sidorjak
