Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne Open tennis tournament with a 6-7 (11), 6-3, 6-2 over Argentina’s Tomas Etcheverry on Wednesday.
Diallo had 14 aces and saved the only break point he faced while converting 86 per cent of first service points.
Fourth-seeded Etcheverry had 10 aces but was broken three times on 12 chances.
Diallo improved to 2-0 against Etcheverry.
Diallo, who advanced to his first quarterfinal of the season, will next face former world No. 4 Jack Draper of Britain at the ATP 500 grass-court event.
In women’s doubles, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani advanced to the semifinals with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Japan’s Miyu Kato and Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova.
Top-seeded Dabrowski and Stefani will next face Hungary’s Fanny Stollar and Asia Muhammad of the United States.