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Metz, France (SportsNetwork.com) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will not reach a fourth straight final in Metz after losing to rising Belgian David Goffin, while former champion Gael Monfils easily avoided a quarterfinal upset Friday at the Moselle Open tennis event.

The eighth-seeded Goffin came from behind to upend the top-seeded two-time champion Tsonga 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 on the indoor hardcourts at Metz Arena.

Tsonga dominated the first set, smacking five aces and converting both of his break points.

The players traded breaks in the third before Tsonga saved two break points at 15-40 down in the 11th game. But he missed a chance to win it and Goffin ultimately served out victory on his second match point.

Gilles Simon beat a then reigning two-time titlist Tsonga in last year's all-French finale.

Frenchmen have won five straight and seven of the 11 titles in Metz.

Meanwhile, the second-seeded Monfils cruised past 6-foot-8 seventh-seeded Pole Jerzy Janowicz 6-3, 6-4 on Day 5.

Monfils titled here in 2009 and was the runner-up in 2005. His semifinal opponent will be sixth-seeded Portuguese Joao Sousa, who outlasted French wild card Paul-Henri Mathieu 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in Friday's nightcap. Mathieu was a Metz runner-up in 2008.

Jan-Lennard Struff was leading fellow German Philipp Kohlschreiber 5-0 in the first set when the third-seeded 2009 Metz runner-up Kohlschreiber retired after just 20 minutes on Friday. Struff will face Goffin in Saturday's semis.

The 2014 Metz titlist will earn $100,000.