Overview

• Taylor Fritz secured a 6-4, 6-2 victory in one hour 15 minutes, capitalizing on early breaks in each set to dispatch Gabriel Diallo
• Diallo entered the match as the No. 27 seed with a first-round bye and a second-round win over wild-card Matteo Gigante
• The Canadian’s exit marks the first time no homegrown male player has advanced past the third round at Toronto’s Masters 1000 event
• Diallo had drawn strong local support after rocketing to world No. 36 and claiming his maiden ATP title in ’s-Hertogenbosch last month
• Following wins by Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov earlier in the week, Diallo had been the nation’s sole singles representative