Canada's Gabriel Diallo upsets Ugo Humbert, advances to Libema Open final

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 14, 2025 2:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Canada's Gabriel Diallo has chalked up different upset en way to the Libema Open last successful the Netherlands.

The 23-year-old Diallo defeated No. 2 effect Ugo Humbert of France 6-3, 7-6 (4) successful Saturday's semifinal. Diallo besides took retired No. 3 effect Karen Khachanov of Russia successful Friday's quarterfinal to beforehand into Saturday's match.

The six-foot-eight Montreal autochthonal turned a 2-2 necktie into a 5-2 borderline successful the tiebreaker. After Humbert made it a one-point crippled trying to unit a 3rd set, Diallo pulled distant with 2 consecutive points to gain the win.

Diallo had 4 aces without a treble fault, portion besides winning 83 per cent of his first-serve points. He broke connected 1 of his 5 chances portion holding Humbert without a interruption constituent opportunity.

Meanwhile, the Frenchman had 2 aces, besides without a treble fault, and won 66 per cent of his first-serve points.

Diallo volition adjacent look Belgium's Zizou Bergs successful Sunday's final. Bergs defeated American Reilly Opelka 6-1, 6-4 successful the different semifinal connected Saturday.