Tennis: Cilic Locks Down Tour Finals Berth

Muhammad Rameez Published November 03, 2016 | 05:30 PM

Tennis: Cilic locks down Tour finals berth

PARIS,, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 03rd Nov, 2016 ) - Croatia's Marin Cilic secured his place at this month's Tour finals in London with a 6-3, 7-6 (11/9) victory over David Goffin at the Paris Masters on Thursday.

The 2014 US Open champion avenged three earlier defeats to Goffin this year to leave just one remaining spot in the eight-man field at the prestigious November 13-20 event.

Cilic will face either world number one Novak Djokovic or 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals in Paris.

Belgian Goffin was eliminated from Tour finals contention following the loss, with Dominic Thiem, Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fighting for the final berth.

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