Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic will play each other in the semifinal of the French Open for the 9th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER after their match was stopped when Thiem was leading 6-2 3-6 3-1.
Dominic Thiem
Ranked no. 4 (career high), Thiem reached the semifinal after beating Tommy Paul 6-4 4-6 7-65 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-76 6-3 7-5, Pablo Cuevas 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5, Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4 6-2 and Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-4 6-2.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Indian Wells where he defeated Roger Federer in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5 and in Barcelona where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-4 6-0.
The Austrian has a 22-8 win-loss record in 2019, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Thiem lost in the final 6-4 6-3 6-2 to Rafael Nadal.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic reached the semifinal after beating Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 6-2 6-2, Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-4 6-3, Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-3 6-2, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-2 6-2 and Alexander Zverev 7-5 6-2 6-2.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Melbourne where he beat Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 6-2 6-3 and in Madrid where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4.
Novak has a 28-5 win-loss record in 2019, 15-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Novak lost in the quarter 6-3 7-64 1-6 7-611 to Marco Cecchinato.
Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Novak Djokovic
This will be the 9th time that Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 6-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 7-62 7-64 in the semifinal in Madrid back in May 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.66
Novak Djokovic -> 2.20
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