Australian Open 2020 Semi-finals HIGHLIGHTS: Fifth seed Dominic Thiem defeated seventh seed Alexander Zverev 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) to book his place in the final of the Australian Open final for the first time. Thiem will face Novak Djokovic, after the 16-time Grand Slam winner ousted an ailing Roger Federer to reach his eighth Melbourne final — after winning all seven he has played before.
Path to semi-final: Dominic Thiem made the semi-final with an incredible 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (6) win over world No.1 Rafael Nadal in the quarter-final while Alexander Zverev defeated a former Australian Open champion in Stan Wawrinka 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Both Thiem and Zverev showed great mental strength in their respective quarter-finals with Thiem fighting off Nadal are getting broken while serving for the match and Zverev bounced back brilliantly after losing the first set in a flash.
Ahead of the semi-final, Thiem spoke about the match-up with Zverev and said, “We have no secrets from each other. I mean, we played so many times, also on very special occasions already, at the ATP Finals, semis, French Open quarters. It’s a nice rivalry we have. It’s great that we add an Australian Open semi-finals to this one. Going to be a close match again.”
Familiar foes. @ThiemDomi has a 6-2 H2H advantage over @AlexZverev.Tonight, they’ll battle for the last spot in the #AO2020 men’s singles final.#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/X16YGw3MX5
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 31, 2020
On the other hand, Zverev has admitted that staying more relaxed off the court has helped him play better in Melbourne. “In a way, I was maybe paying attention to it too much, to the Grand Slams. You know what I mean?” he said. The Grand Slams maybe meant too much for me. This year I actually came into the Australian Open with absolutely no expectations.”
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