Thiem Awaits Federer Or Dimitrov In Brisbane SFs
Thiem Awaits Federer Or Dimitrov In Brisbane SFs
Young Austrian battles into the last four
Dominic Thiem awaits the winner of Roger Federer or Grigor Dimitrov for a place in the final of the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp.
Eighth seed Thiem, who lifted three ATP World Tour titles in 2015, knocked out third seed Marin Cilic 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 on Friday in two hours. He converted one of his eight break point opportunities in the final game.
“[It] was a very good match from me,” said Thiem. “Today [was] a big test. [A] bad first set where he destroyed me, but then I’m really happy about the win.”
Thiem finished last year as the youngest player (22) in the Top 20 Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 20. He was also the first Austrian to place in the Top 20 since Jurgen Melzer (at No. 11) in 2010.
Top seed and defending champion Federer has a 3-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head advantage against Dimitrov. The pair met in last year’s Brisbane semi-finals.