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Top-seeded David Goffin advances to Swiss Open semifinals

Top-seeded David Goffin of Belgium advanced to the Swiss Open semifinals Friday, beating sixth-seeded Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (1).
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GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP)—Top-seeded David Goffin of Belgium advanced to the Swiss Open semifinals Friday, beating sixth-seeded Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (1).

Goffin will face fifth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil on Saturday in the clay-court tournament. Two-time Gstaad winner Bellucci beat fourth-seeded defending champion Pablo Andujar of Spain 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

In the other quarterfinals, second-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain topped eighth-seeded Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (4), 6-4, and third-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria outlasted seventh-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.