Paire saves match point to beat Goffin

Sep 22, 2017 - 8:52 PM France's Benoit Paire has come out on top of a tight battle with Belgium's Davis Cup hero David Goffin to reach the semi-finals of the Moselle Open after saving one match point.

Paire edged the 2014 champion 7-6 (7-3), 5-7 7-6 (9-7) at the indoor tournament in Metz.

Goffin led 4-2 in the decider and failed to convert a match point at 6-5 in the tiebreaker.

Paire will next be up against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia.

The other semi-final will pit Mischa Zverev against qualifier Peter Gojowczyk.

The fifth-seeded Zverev defeated lucky loser Kenny de Schepper 7-5 7-6 (7-4) while the 95th-ranked Gojowczyk needed less than one hour to beat Marius Copil 6-2 6-4.

Source: AAP