Surprise in Paris: The Austrian, Dominic Thiem beats in the semi-finals of the French Open for the world ranking list Novak Djokovic and meets on Sunday on the elfmaligen Roland-Garros Champion Rafael Nadal.
The 25-Year-old decided the day before, broken and this Saturday due to rain for an hour, interrupted semi-final against the 32-year-old Serbs with 6:2, 3:6, 7:5, 5:7, 7:5 for themselves.
In a rematch of the previous year final Thiem takes on Sunday against the elfmaligen Roland-Garros Champion Rafael Nadal. The 33-year-old Spaniard had set on Friday against the four-years older than Roger Federer, from Switzerland, smooth in three sets with 6:3, 6:4, 6:2 by and twelfth in Paris-reached the final.
“He is the favorite, but I’m looking forward to it”
“Always when one of us comes into the endgame, he plays against Rafa,” joked Thiem. “I’ll try anything. He is the favorite, but I’m looking forward to it.”
Rafael Nadal had after his victory at the Rome Masters in may before the French Open final, humble
Nadal had previously shown to be modest. “Whoever it is, it is complicated. We talk about the number one and number four in the world,” said the Spaniard, who now had one more day of break and rested will go in the final. “I hope that I am ready to give to whoever my Best, but I’m confident in the Match.”
Djokovic missed a historic opportunity
Most observers and experts had expected, rather, with Djokovic as the second-Final-participants. Without a record loss of 15-time Grand Slam-winner was rushed up to his semi-final by the tournament Gera. In the quarter-finals, he left the world, ranked the Fifth Alexander Zverev’t stand a Chance.
Novak Djokovic missed the defeat against Thiem a Chance on the so-called Nole-Slam
26 Grand Slam Matches in the series had not lost to Djokovic, the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open won. To keep the historical Chance for so-called Nole-Slam, all four major titles at the same time, is now gone.
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