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Patna : Top seed Gael Monfils, 33, France, 2nd seed David Goffin, 29, Belgium, 7th seed Filip Krajinovic, 27, Serbia, and World No 132 Vasek Pospisil, 29, Canada, have advanced to the semi-finals of Open Sud de France, an ATP 250 event, at Montpellier, France.
World No 9 Gael Monfils, who has won 8 career titles, beat Norbert Gombos, 29, Slovakia, who is ranked below hundred, in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in quarter-finals on February 7, 2020, late night. Monfils won 3 break points to 1 by Gombos. He fired 9 Aces in the match to 4 by the Slovakian. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match.
World No 10 David Goffin, who has won 4 career titles, beat World No 67 Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 28, France, 6-4, 7-6 in quarter-finals on February 8, 2020. Goffin won 2 break points to 1 by Herbert. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Herbert though fired 6 Aces in the match to 3 by Goffin. The Belgin committed 6 double faults to 3 by Herbert.
World No 44 Filip Krajinovic beat Gregoire Barrere, 25, France, 6-2, 7-5 in QFs on February 7 winning three break points and 4 games in a row in the match. Barrere fired 7 Aces in the match to 5 by Krajinovic.
Vasek Pospisil entered the SFs after his quarter-finals opponent Richard Gasquet, 33, France, retired in the second set due to injury trailing 1-6, 0-1.
Pospisil will face 2nd seed Goffin in SFs at 9 pm on February 8, 2020, while top seed Monfils will face 7th seed Krajinovic in the first SFs at 7.30 pm on the day.