Cincinnati (USA) (AFP)

Richard Gasquet will not go any further: after his great week, the Frenchman failed on Saturday to a march of the final at the 1000 Masters of Cincinnati against the Belgian David Goffin, 6-3, 6-4.

At the age of 33, Gasquet, currently 56th in the world, was playing his first semifinal of a Masters 1000 since 2013 after convincing successes against Diego Schwartzman (24th in the world) and Roberto Bautista Agut (11th), the obstacle Belgian was too big.

Goffin, who has won four ATP titles, will play his first Masters 1000 final in Ohio, against the winner of the other semifinal between world No.1 Novak Djokovic and Russia's Daniil Medvedev (9th).

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