Breaking: The Austrian will have the chance to break through for his first grand slam title on Sunday after winning his way through to the final | petryan
This was a semi-final between two men without a grand slam title between them fighting for the right to meet 16-time grand slam champion Djokovic in the final.On court were a pair of new faces with the same look - scruffy headbands and T-shirts -trading powerful ground strokes that rush at their opponent like crazy deadlines.
That lack of big-time experience seemed to help Zverev early as he landed his first serves more than 80 per cent of the time to win the first set 6-3.Dominic Thiem embraces Alexander Zverev after their Australian Open semi-final.The powerful forehand that expelled Nadal from the tournament was off target as he attempted unsuccessfully to start where he left off two nights earlier in the quarter-final.
Zverev was reaching for balls from Thiem that had sailed outside the line in the first set and the No.5 seed won a break. Thiem was able to steel himself to serve out the game and win the second, setting the foundation for victory.It all became too much for two lights at Rod Laver Arena, with play delayed for nine minutes early in the third set when they stopped working and Zverev was distracted. The hot January night momentarily turned into a concert as the crowd amused themselves in the break by dancing to Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline'.
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