Goffin and Bautista Agut set to face off in Montpellier final

David Goffin will aim to win his first ATP title since 2017 as he takes on Roberto Bautista Agut in Sunday’s championship match from Montpellier. Goffin survived a tough test in Egor Gerasimov, ultimately prevailing 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

“I started really well with the early break," said Goffin, in an on-court interview. "I was feeling good during the rallies, I was serving well… In the second set, he just continued [with his game]. I started to lose the timing a little bit [and went] for my shots a little too early.”

“I wasn’t patient… In the third, I [said to myself], ‘It is a semi-final. Third set. You just have to fight. Try to use your serve because it [has been] going well from the start. Stay there and you are going to have an opportunity.’ Finally, I had one, a really good one. I broke him at 3-3 and then, at the end, I focused on my serve. I am happy that I am in a final for the first time here.”

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Goffin will carry a three match win streak against Bautista Agut, who dispatched Peter Gojowczyk 7-5, 6-1 in Saturday’s second semifinal.

Meanwhile in Singapore, the ATP will crown a first time champion, regardless of the result, as Alexander Bublik takes on first-time finalist Alexei Popyrin.

Bublik survived Radu Albot 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, while Popyrin edged Marin Cilic in two tiebreak-sets, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2).

In Cordoba, Argentina boasts three of the four semifinalists in Federico Coria, Facundo Bagnis and Juan Manuel Cerundolo, with Albert Ramos-Vinolas rounding out the final four.