Thiem overcomes Zverev in the semifinal to face Djokovic for the Australian Open title

Dominic Thiem conquers Alexander Zverev 3-6 6-4 7-6³ 7-6⁴ in the semifinal in Melbourne on Friday. Thiem will face Novak Djokovic in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Zverev had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Thiem in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Alexander to win the set since Thiem succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Zverev maintained his focus to break the Austrian in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Thiem was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

The Austrian won the set after he broke Zverev in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. The German tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Thiem maintained the focus before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Dominic won the set after he broke Zverev in the 3^rd (2-1) game. Alexander tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Dominic kept the situation under control before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 3.

4^th set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Thiem won the breaker at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Austrian scored 138 points vs. Alexander’s 133 points.

The Austrian served very well to win 77% of the points (74/96) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 40% points (19/48) on his second serve. The Austrian struck 10 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Thiem won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, Zverev was battling in converting his break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Thiem and Zverev is 7-2 for Dominic.

Highlights Dominic Thiem vs. Alexander Zverev Australian Open – Melbourne

Thiem’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Dominic Thiem vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Thiem will square off with Djokovic in the final.

This will be the 11^th time that Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic face off. The head to head is 6-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Thiem won 6-7⁵ 6-3 7-6⁵ in the Round Robin in Nitto atp finals back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Dominic ThiemThiem – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-6 6-4 7-6³ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Roger FedererFederer (7-6¹ 6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Dominic ThiemThiem – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (4-6) – See H2H details