Local wildcard Ivan Dodig has produced a major shock by eliminating top-seeded David Goffin from the Croatia Open on Friday.

Before this tournament, Dodig had not recorded a singles win on the main tour since June 2016 because he’d been focusing on doubles.

However, the Croatian world No.412 won 7-5 6-3 against Belgium’s world No.14.

For Goffin, the tournament marked his return from an ankle injury at the French Open which forced him to miss the entire grass season.

In the semi-finals Dodig plays lucky loser Andrey Rublev of Russia, who eliminated defending champion Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-7 (5-7) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2).

Fourth-seeded Paolo Lorenzi of Italy fought back from a set down to beat eighth-seeded Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic 1-6 7-5 6-3 to be the only seeded player in the last four.

His reward is a match against countryman Alessandro Giannessi, who defeated Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 7-5.