Thursday’s NCAA Tournament quarterfinals marked the end of the road for Gabriel Diallo, the last-standing Kentucky Wildcat in the men’s singles tournament. One of two Kentucky players in the field, Diallo played his way to the Elite Eight by defeating Baylor’s Adrian Boitan in the opening round; then Virginia’s Chris Rodesch, whose team beat Kentucky in the national championship match last Sunday, in the second; and then Matej Vocel from Ohio State, the former No. 1 team upset by Kentucky in the team Final Four, in the Sweet 16.
But in the Elite Elite, Diallo couldn’t get past Adam Walton from the University of Tennessee (of all places).