Dominic Thiem's bid to reach a third consecutive Roland Garros semi-final began with a routine 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 victory against 24-year-old Ilya Ivashka of Belarus. Thiem converted eight of his 14 break chances to remain perfect in Roland Garros first-rounders.
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The seventh-seeded Austrian is the only man to have beaten Rafael Nadal on clay in each of the past two years and comes into Roland Garros as one of only three men – Nadal and Alexander Zverev – who have celebrated multiple clay-court titles this season. Thiem won last week at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon and in February at the Argentina Open. He also reached the final of the Mutua Madrid Open earlier this month.
Thiem will next meet 19-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who clinched his maiden Grand Slam victory, beating fellow #NextGenATP player Carlos Taberner of Spain 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3. Tsitsipas had been 0-3 in Grand Slam matches and fell in the first round at Roland Garros last year to Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
Tsitsipas reached his maiden ATP World Tour final last month at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (l. to Nadal).
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