Tennis: David Goffin into first French Open quarter-final

PARIS (AFP) - David Goffin became just the second Belgian man to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday when he defeated Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

Goffin, the 12th seed, will face Austrian 13th seed Dominic Thiem for a place in the semi-finals.

Filip Dewulf was the first Belgian man into the last eight in Paris in 1997.

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