Paris: Novak Djokovic was in unplayable mode as he cantered into the French Open ultimate by crushing flat Austrian tyro Dominic Thiem 6-2 6-1 6-four on Friday, shifting nearer to the one grand slam title lacking from his assortment.
The Serb comfortably contained the 22-yr-previous Thiem to arrange both a rematch of final yr’s remaining towards defending champion Stan Wawrinka, or a world primary v quantity two showdown with Andy Murray.
Djokovic, who shall be enjoying his fourth Roland Garros ultimate, wasted no time within the first two units, proving too constant for the erratic thirteenth seed.
The Austrian opened up a three-zero lead within the third set courtesy of his beautiful single-handed backhand. However he was introduced again right down to earth because the eleven-occasions grand slam champion claimed 5 video games in a row earlier than wrapping up the match when Thiem smacked a backhand large.
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