Goffin progresses to Croatia Open quarters

Jul 19, 2017 - 10:28 PM Top seed David Goffin has reached the quarter-finals of the Croatia Open in Umag with a hard-fought three-set win over Hungary's Attila Balazs on Wednesday.

World No.14 Goffin was edged out in a tight second set tie-break before earning a 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 6-2 win and a last-eight meeting with Ivan Dodig.

Home favourite Dodig, granted a wild card for the event, came from behind to claim a 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 win over Italy's Marco Cecchinato.

Fourth seed Paolo Lorenzi progressed to the last eight with a straight-forward 7-5 6-3 win over Aljaz Bedene.

The Briton had impressed in reaching the third round of Wimbledon earlier this month but was broken three times by world No.34 Lorenzi.

Next up for Lorenzi is Jiri Vesely, after the eighth seed saw off Radu Albot 7-6 (7-3) 6-2.

Source: AAP