Swiss Indoors: Goffin moves into quarter-finals

Belgian lucky loser David Goffin edged out Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 5 seed, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) to advance to the last eight of the Swiss Indoors at the St. Jakobshalle. in Basel on Wednesday afternoon.

Goffin, ranked No 54, will play the winner of the match between Swiss wildcard Dominic Stricker and Dane Holger Rune, the No 4 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Basel tournament, the 33-year-old Belgian beat Italian Matteo Arnaldi (6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2).

Humbert, ranked No 16, edged out Swiss qualifier Jerome Kym (6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5) in the previous round of the Basel tournament.

Basel ATP 500, other second-round results (St. Jakobshalle., hard, EUR 2.385.100, most recent results first):

• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Dominic Stricker vs. Holger Rune
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Arthur Fils
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Tabilo