Top seed Novak Djokovic and fourth Dominic Thiem look to cement their outstanding Roland Garros form with a place in Sunday’s championship match.
The World No. 1 has won his past 26 Grand Slam matches and is two wins away from completing a second “Nole Slam” by holding all four majors at once.
Novak Djokovic looks to join Rod Laver as the only players in history to accomplish this on two separate occasions. He also seeks to become the first man in the Open Era to win each of the four Grand Slams twice.
Novak Djokovic leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry with Thiem 6-2, but both of Thiem's wins have come on clay.
They've split their two previous Roland Garros meetings. Djokovic prevailed in the 2016 semi-finals and Thiem turned the tables in the 2017 quarter-finals.
The World No. 1 won their most recent clash last month in the Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals.
The winner will play second seed Rafael Nadal or third seed Roger Federer on Sunday June 09,2019
Novak Djokovic loses to Dominic Thiem
World No 1 Novak Djokovic says his French Open semi-final loss to Dominic Thiem was played in "hurricane conditions".
The 32-year-old lost 2-6 6-3 5-7 7-5 5-7 in a match which began on Friday but was stopped by bad weather three times.
Djokovic was bidding to become the first man in the Open era to hold all four major titles at once on two separate occasions.
"[It was] one of the worst conditions I have ever been part of," he said.
Friday's play was suspended once, then cancelled because of wind and rain in a move critized by former players and journalists, who pointed out that the skies later cleared with daylight still left.
The defeat ended a run of 26 Grand Slam match wins in a row for 2016 champion Djokovic and the Serb said the weather affected his form.
"When you're playing in hurricane kind of conditions, it's hard to perform your best," said the 15-time Grand Slam champion.
"It's really just kind of surviving in these kind of conditions. That's what it felt like playing yesterday, to be honest.
"I don't want to point out some reasons or find excuses for this loss. I mean, he took it, he won it, and well done to him."
Fourth seed Thiem, who had never beaten a world number one at a major before, will face 11-time champion Rafael Nadal on Sunday, a repeat of last year's final.
The World No. 1 has won his past 26 Grand Slam matches and is two wins away from completing a second “Nole Slam” by holding all four majors at once.
Novak Djokovic looks to join Rod Laver as the only players in history to accomplish this on two separate occasions. He also seeks to become the first man in the Open Era to win each of the four Grand Slams twice.
Novak Djokovic leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry with Thiem 6-2, but both of Thiem's wins have come on clay.
They've split their two previous Roland Garros meetings. Djokovic prevailed in the 2016 semi-finals and Thiem turned the tables in the 2017 quarter-finals.
The World No. 1 won their most recent clash last month in the Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals.
The winner will play second seed Rafael Nadal or third seed Roger Federer on Sunday June 09,2019
Novak Djokovic loses to Dominic Thiem
World No 1 Novak Djokovic says his French Open semi-final loss to Dominic Thiem was played in "hurricane conditions".
The 32-year-old lost 2-6 6-3 5-7 7-5 5-7 in a match which began on Friday but was stopped by bad weather three times.
Djokovic was bidding to become the first man in the Open era to hold all four major titles at once on two separate occasions.
"[It was] one of the worst conditions I have ever been part of," he said.
Friday's play was suspended once, then cancelled because of wind and rain in a move critized by former players and journalists, who pointed out that the skies later cleared with daylight still left.
The defeat ended a run of 26 Grand Slam match wins in a row for 2016 champion Djokovic and the Serb said the weather affected his form.
"When you're playing in hurricane kind of conditions, it's hard to perform your best," said the 15-time Grand Slam champion.
"It's really just kind of surviving in these kind of conditions. That's what it felt like playing yesterday, to be honest.
"I don't want to point out some reasons or find excuses for this loss. I mean, he took it, he won it, and well done to him."
Fourth seed Thiem, who had never beaten a world number one at a major before, will face 11-time champion Rafael Nadal on Sunday, a repeat of last year's final.
| Thiem's route to the final | ||
|---|---|---|
| Round one | Tommy Paul | 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 |
| Round two | Alexander Bublik | 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 7-5 |
| Round three | Pablo Cuevas | 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5 |
| Round four | Gael Monfils [14] | 6-4 6-4 6-2 |
| Quarter-final | Karen Khachanov [10] | 6-2 6-4 6-2 |
| Semi-final | Novak Djokovic [1] | 6-2 3-6 7-5 5-7 7-5 |
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