By Tennis Now | Friday, February 9, 2018

 

Top-seeded David Goffin hit eight aces and did not face a break point defeating Karen Khachanov to advance to the Montpellier semifinals.

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David Goffin was unbreakable and now he'll face the man who's nearly unbeatable for a place in the Montpellier final.

The top-seeded Goffin hit eight aces and did not face a break point defeating Karen Khachanov, 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the Montpellier semifinals.

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The Nitto ATP Finals runner-up won 31 of 37 points played on his first serve charging into his first semifinal of the season.



Goffin converted two of his 11 break points beating the 49th-ranked Russian for the third time in four meetings.

The seventh-ranked Belgian will take on three-time champion Richard Gasquet for a spot in the final.

Gasquet burst through 11 of the last 13 games turning a 1-4 deficit into a 6-4, 6-2 conquest of Damir Dzumhur.

The fifth-seeded Gasquet converted five of seven break points raising his tournament record to 21-2 since 2013.

The 31-year-old Frenchman is bidding to reach his sixth straight Montpellier final.

Gasquet is the 2013, 2015 and 2016 champion; his 11-match Montpellier winning streak was snapped by Alexander Zverev in the 2017 final.

Neither Goffin nor Gasquet has dropped a set in the tournament. Goffin stopped Gasquet, 7-5, 6-2, in their lone prior meeting in the Tokyo quarterfinals last fall.