Overview
- Taylor Fritz battled past Gabriel Diallo 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-3 in a three-hour, six-minute second-round match at Wimbledon.
- The world No. 5 fired 27 aces and won 80 percent of his first-serve points alongside 67 percent on his second serve to secure the victory.
- Diallo produced 55 winners—five more than Fritz—but was hampered by 50 unforced errors in his Grand Slam second-round debut.
- Fritz will face the winner of the third-round clash between Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands and Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
- Canadian singles contenders had mixed fortunes as Félix Auger-Aliassime’s match was suspended by darkness, Leylah Fernandez was eliminated, and Gabriela Dabrowski with Erin Routliffe opened their women’s doubles campaign with a straight-sets win.