PARIS: Dominic Thiem reached his 3rd successive French Open semi-final on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 demolition of a hobbled and exhausted Alexander Zverev.
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Thiem, the Austrian seventh seed, is going on to stand both 2016 champion and 12-time primary winner Novak Djokovic or Italy's international number 72 Marco Cecchinato for a spot in Sunday's last.
German 2nd seed Zverev merely ran out of gas, paying a heavy price for wanting 3 successive five-set suits to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final.
His Roland Garros marathon also left him physically drained -- he needed his left thigh strapped in the second one set.
"He is one of the fittest guys on the tour so it was difficult for him today," mentioned Thiem, the only guy to have defeated 10-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal on clay this yr.
"I hope we've many more suits on the Grand Slams but when we are 100 %.
"It's nice to reach the semi-finals for a third yr but it's time to take every other step and I can do everything for that."
The statistics made bleak reading for Zverev -- he completed with 42 unforced mistakes and just 19 winners.
In a good first set of a fit played in overcast, heavy conditions, Thiem converted the only break point off a backhand winner within the seventh recreation before securing the opener with an ace.
Zverev, who had spent greater than two and a part hours than his Austrian opponent attending to this degree, hit 13 unforced mistakes to Thiem's miserly 8.
A double break took the 24-year-old Austrian to 4-1 in the second one set before Zverev needed a medical timeout for a leg harm.
With his left thigh heavily strapped, the 21-year-old German was soon two units down and looking at having to develop into the primary participant to win 4 consecutive five-setters if he was to make the semi-finals.
Zverev managed just 4 winners in the second one set.
There was no coming back for the big-hearted German who was briefly down 4-Zero within the 3rd before Thiem wrapped up the affair.
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Thiem, the Austrian seventh seed, is going on to stand both 2016 champion and 12-time primary winner Novak Djokovic or Italy's international number 72 Marco Cecchinato for a spot in Sunday's last.
German 2nd seed Zverev merely ran out of gas, paying a heavy price for wanting 3 successive five-set suits to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final.
His Roland Garros marathon also left him physically drained -- he needed his left thigh strapped in the second one set.
"He is one of the fittest guys on the tour so it was difficult for him today," mentioned Thiem, the only guy to have defeated 10-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal on clay this yr.
"I hope we've many more suits on the Grand Slams but when we are 100 %.
"It's nice to reach the semi-finals for a third yr but it's time to take every other step and I can do everything for that."
The statistics made bleak reading for Zverev -- he completed with 42 unforced mistakes and just 19 winners.
In a good first set of a fit played in overcast, heavy conditions, Thiem converted the only break point off a backhand winner within the seventh recreation before securing the opener with an ace.
Zverev, who had spent greater than two and a part hours than his Austrian opponent attending to this degree, hit 13 unforced mistakes to Thiem's miserly 8.
A double break took the 24-year-old Austrian to 4-1 in the second one set before Zverev needed a medical timeout for a leg harm.
With his left thigh heavily strapped, the 21-year-old German was soon two units down and looking at having to develop into the primary participant to win 4 consecutive five-setters if he was to make the semi-finals.
Zverev managed just 4 winners in the second one set.
There was no coming back for the big-hearted German who was briefly down 4-Zero within the 3rd before Thiem wrapped up the affair.
Thiem routs Zverev to reach third straight French Open semis
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