Dominic Thiem is into his first semi-final of the season at his home tournament of the Kitzbuhel Open in Austria. A 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Arthur Rinderknech on Thursday evening sealed his progression.
Next up will be Laslo Djere on Friday afternoon, with Sebastian Baez - Tomas Martin Etcheverry two of the biggest name seeds in the draw living up to their billing by reaching the semi-finals.
Djere himself came straight from reaching the final of Hamburg losing to Alexander Zverev to reach at least another semi-final.
Finishing in just under two and a half hours, he immediately went 2-0 down with a break in the opening set and this proved pivotal as he didn't taste a single break point opportunity in the set.
But in the second set, he did so at 3-1. Albeit sealing it on his sixth attempt which again proved the difference with Thiem easing home on his service game barring to go 5-2 up in the end to claim it 6-3.
In the final set, he broke at 2-1 which again like the other two sets was a pivotal moment as he didn't give Rinderknech a chance to break back and edged home on his first match point at 40-15 at 6-4 up.
Dominic Thiem gets a massive 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Arthur Rinderknech to reach in his home tournament of Kitzbuhel his first semifinal of the season. He will return to the top 100 as well. The 2019 champ faces Hamburg finalist Djere tomorrow. Baez-Etcheverry in the other SF.
