DiaboliK. Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 World number one Novak Djokovic reached his first French Open semi-final since 2016 with a clinical win over German fifth seed Alexander Zverev. The 32-year-old Serb, chasing his fourth straight Grand Slam, won 7-5 6-2 6-2 in their rain-delayed quarter-final. Zverev, 22, failed to serve out the first set and it proved pivotal as Djokovic dominated from then on. The 15-time Grand Slam champion will play Dominic Thiem in the last four. Austrian fourth seed Thiem, last year's beaten finalist, secured his place in the semi-finals with a 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Russian 10th seed Karen Khachanov. Djokovic and Thiem are set to meet at about 15:00 BST on Friday, following the other, highly anticipated semi-final between Spain's defending champion Rafael Nadal and returning Swiss great Roger Federer. Remarkably, it is the first time at a Grand Slam since the French Open in 2012 that Djokovic, Federer and Nadal have all made it through to the semi-finals. However, Friday's play is expected to be disrupted by heavy rain in Paris, a forecast which has led to a reshuffle of the schedule. With both men's matches on Court Philippe Chatrier, British number one Johanna Konta's semi-final has been moved to the 5,000-capacity Court Simonne Mathieu. Article created by „bbc”. 1
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