EASTBOURNE — Canada’s Gabriel Diallo was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne Open tennis tournament Thursday with a 6-1, 6-4 loss to Britain’s Jack Draper.
Draper went up 5-4 in the second set with his fourth break of the match, then comfortably held serve for the victory.
Diallo had 10 aces and didn’t commit a double-fault, but he won just 51 per cent of his service points.
The 24-year-old from Montreal played in his first quarterfinal of the season as he prepared for Wimbledon, which starts next week.
Draper reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 during last year’s grass-court season but has struggled with chronic knee tendinitis and a bone bruise in his serving arm that caused him to miss this year’s clay-court campaign.
The 24-year-old Briton, who had a ranking of No. 160 entering Eastbourne, will face sixth seed Ugo Humbert of France in the semifinals of the ATP 250 event.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2026.
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