The Liégeois played again at a very high level to beat (6-4, 7-5) Sascha Zverev, the world No. 3. This Friday, he will challenge Taylor Fritz for a place in the semi-final of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai. It had been two years since he had achieved such a feat.
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Published on 9/10/2024 at 7:15 p.m.
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David Goffin will never forget this victory, on Wednesday October 9, 2024, against Sascha Zverev, although 3e world player (the German was even No. 2 at the start of this Masters 1000 which lasts ten days). For lots of reasons that raced through his head when he hit that match point so hard. The one which allowed him to conclude this high-level round of 16 with a score of 6-4, 7-5, when he had just come back from 4-2 to 4-5, even saving a ball to go towards a third round which did not bode well.
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