Gabriel Diallo vs Karen Khachanov Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Libema Open

Prediction published on 13/06/2025, 03:16  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 13/06/2025 at 03:20 in Tennis Predictions

After falling three times to Karen Khachanov, Gabriel Diallo will feel he has the momentum to finally take down the Russian. The two will meet in the second quarter-final at Hertogenbosch, with the winner setting up a semi-final tie against Nuno Borges or Ugo Humbert. We have a prediction for this match below.

Progressively, Diallo has been meeting established players, and he’s handled the challenge well. He beat Aleksandar Vukic in the opening round and then saw off sixth seed Jordan Thompson.

His best performance this season was getting to the Madrid Open quarter-final, and here he has the chance to improve on that.

Grass is not the best surface for Khachanov. For a number of seasons, he has struggled on it but will be confident of prevailing here. The signs were clear in his second-round match as he lost the middle set, then needed a tiebreaker to see off Mackenzie McDonald.

That set up a tie against a player he has beaten three times before. All those wins came on hard courts, with the latest of them being at the Australian Open this year.

After winning in straight sets the first meeting with Diallo, the Russian dropped a set in each of the latest two. Such struggles have also been witnessed in his recent matches. Only two of his last six wins came with straight sets.