Cilic on course for London, Del Potro stuns Goffin

Marin Cilic and David Goffin seemed headed in opposite directions in the race for the ATP World Tour Finals as Cilic earned a win while his rival took a loss at the Swiss Indoors on Thursday. Fourth seed Cilic reached the quarter-finals with a 6-0, 7-6 (7/4) defeat of Pablo Carreno Busta. However, Argentine dangerman Juan Martin del Potro handed Goffin a 7-5, 6-3 defeat. Del Potro has risen 1,0000 ranking places this season since his February comeback from the latest in a series of wrist injuries which forced him to consider retirement. Del Potro beat Roger Federer in the 2012 and 2013 finals in Basel. "I'm not seeded. I'm not not the favourite. I played five matches last week in Stockholm (which he won)," said Del Potro who will face Kei Nishikori for a place in the semi-finals. With two places remaining in the eight-man field for the November season wrapup in London, Goffin stands on provisional ninth, with Cilic one spot behind. But the Croatian, who will lead his nation in the Davis Cup final against Del Potro's Argentina later this year, is making up ground in the narrow points race. Goffin has one chance remaining at next week's Paris Masters, the final event of the ATP regular season, where Cilic will also be playing. After defeating Carreno Busta, winner of the Moscow title last week, Cilic will next face a second Spaniard in Marcel Granollers, a 6-3, 6-1 winner over eighth seed Jack Sock. Cilic won the last six points of his match against Carreno Busta after trailing 0-4 in the second-set tiebreaker. He delivered nine aces and 21 winners in a tie lasting just under 90 minutes. In another second-round contest, Gilles Muller of Luxembourg beat Germany's Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-2. Top seed Stan Wawrinka was bidding for his first Basel quarter-final since 2011 in a later match against qualifier Donald Young.