The top-seeded Swiss, who is returning to match fitness after missing the French Open through injury, was made to work hard in the second set but completed victory after saving five set points in one hour and 21 minutes.
The pair exchanged service breaks midway through the second set, prior to Goffin breaking Federer to 15 for a 5-4 lead. Goffin failed to convert one set point when serving at 5-4, 40/30 and four more in the second set tie-break. It was Federer's 29th straight win against Goffin, closed in on a ninth title at the Gerry Weber Open.
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