David Goffin moved into the quarter-finals of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2016 on Wednesday after beating Jiri Vesely 6-3, 7-5. Goffin earned his 40th tour-level win of the year and moved into his eighth quarter-final of 2016. Instead of facing top seed and home favourite Kei Nishikori in the final eight, the Belgian will instead meet Portugal’s Joao Sousa, who had gone winless in his past 21 meetings with Top-10 players. The Japanese star was up 3-0 against Sousa, but suffered an acute injury to his gluteus muscle and retired from his second-round match while leading 4-3. “It was hugely disappointing to have to retire from my match, especially since I was playing much better than during my...
David Goffin reflects on his first-round win over local favourite Yoshihito Nishioka and his chances of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.