Federer beats Goffin in straights, advances to semifinals at Gerry Weber Open

Jun 17, 2016
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Federer beats Goffin in straights, advances to semifinals at Gerry Weber Open

Roger Federer advances to semifinals at Gerry Weber Open

Published Jun 17, 2016

HALLE, Germany (AP) Roger Federer closed in on a ninth title at the Gerry Weber Open, beating David Goffin 6-1, 7-6 (10) Friday in the quarterfinals.

The top-seeded Federer didn't drop a point off his first serve in the first set, and saved five set points in the second-set tiebreaker.

Federer will play Alexander Zverev in the semifinals. The German beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 7-6 (9), 6-3.

Third-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria will play Florian Meyer of Germany in the other semifinal. Thiem advanced on a walkover against eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber, who withdrew before the match with a hip injury.

Mayer beat Andreas Seppi of Italy 7-6 (4), 6-3.