Montreal's Gabriel Diallo is out of the Almaty Open tennis tournament after losing 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-4 to Australian qualifier James Duckworth in second-round action Wednesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Duckworth overcame 22 aces from fourth seed Diallo and did not face a break point in the match that lasted just over two and a half hours.

Diallo was accurate on 82 per cent of his first serves and won 74 per cent of his first service points, but he faced eight break points. While he fended off seven of them, Duckworth scored a crucial break to go up 4-3 in the third set.

Duckworth will face third seed Flavio Cobolli of Italy in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 event.

It was the first ATP main-draw meeting between the players. Diallo defeated Duckworth in qualifying at the 2022 National B

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