Novak Djokovic won an overwhelming victory over Dominic Thiem in the last meeting of the two players at Rome Master. Therefore, Nole has reason to be confident in a victory for himself. However, all of Nole's calculations were ruined by his quick play and the opponent's confidence
Set 1 was full of tension as both played very well and launched dangerous attacks. Each player can only win 1 break from the opponent and have to take each other to a tie break to solve the winning or losing situation. In this brain-weighing gunfighting series, Nole's bravery was not shown but instead his clumsiness in the decisive moves. The Serbian's left-handed hit caused him to lose by a narrow margin of 5-7 in the tie break.
Entering set 2, the former world No. 1's form did not improve. Djokovic quickly lost the break to his opponent and quickly gave up the racket with a score of 3-6.
Set 3 took place with a surprising scenario when Thiem played confidently with almost absolute accuracy in every handling. Facing the excitement of the opponent, Nole could not find a reasonable way to counterattack and endured the racket with an unbelievable score of 0-6.
With a convincing victory after 3 sets with goal difference of 7-6, 6-3 and 6-0, Thiem turned Nole into former champion Roland Garros. The Austrian will make his first Grand Slam semi-final appearance and his opponent will be Rafael Nadal. Nadal's opponent in the Quarterfinals, Paulo Carreno Busta, was injured and forced to give up as the score was 6-2, 2-0 in favor of the "Squad".
