French tennis star Fils advances to semi-final at Miami Open

Fils, seeded 28, beat the 22nd seed Tommy Paul 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 after two hours and 49 minutes.

In the race to seven points in the final set tiebreaker, Paul breezed into a 6-2 lead.

But Fils reeled off six successive points to claim the tiebreak 8-6 and a place in the last four at one of the nine tournaments considered the most prestigious on theATP tourafter the four Grand Slam events in Melbourne,Paris,Lond