Canada’s Gabriel Diallo, Denis Shapovalov was knocked out within the second spherical of the Australian Open

Gabriel Diallo gave Karen Khachanov a struggle, however the Canadian could not pull off the upset on the Australian Open.

The 23-year-old Montrealer misplaced 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to the Russian No. 19 within the second spherical of the season-opening Grand Slam on Thursday.

It was a rematch of October’s Almaty Open last, which Khachanov gained in three units as Diallo performed in his ATP Tour debut.

Khachanov additionally beat Diallo, ranked 86th, within the first spherical of final 12 months’s Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal.

In the meantime, fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov additionally misplaced within the second spherical in Melbourne on Thursday, shedding 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-2 to No. 16 Lorenzo Musetti of Italy.

Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., misplaced a maintain within the first recreation of the tiebreaker after which broke twice in set items within the second.

After an damage timeout, Shapovalov was damaged within the first recreation of the third set and Italy emerged victorious.

Felix Auger-Aliassime, the opposite Canadian within the males’s draw, misplaced within the second spherical on Wednesday.

Leylah Fernandez is the one Canadian left in girls’s singles. She is scheduled to face US No. 3 seed Coco Gauff within the third spherical.