Sixth seed Dominic Thiem produced some special tennis against below par Novak Djokovic, to knock the defending champion out, in straight sets. After a closely contested first set, Thiem had no trouble in hitting winners past the Serb’s defenses and wrapped up one of the biggest wins of his career. With this he makes his second consecutive RG semifinal and will face the nine time champion Rafa Nadal.
Here’s how the world of twitter reacted to what they witnessed.
Novak Djokovic will drop out of the world's top two for the first time since July 2011.
— Stuart Fraser (@stu_fraser) June 7, 2017
Thiem crushes Djokovic 7-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Djokovic only bageled in final set ONCE before in 984 career matches (Nishikori, Basel 2011)#rg17
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) June 7, 2017
.@ThiemDomi downs defending champion Djokovic to reach the #RG17 SFs!
Dominic Thiem fait tomber le champion en titre ! pic.twitter.com/U9iKJWbT7k— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 7, 2017
A year ago, Djokovic had won four straight Slams and made 23 of 24 Slam SFs.
All four titles go undefended, only once reaching SFs. #rg17
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) June 7, 2017
And this is where it all started off years ago… and now he has beaten and bagelled Djokovic. #Thiem pic.twitter.com/kbeDiZ1HqF
— Del (@Stroppa_Del) June 7, 2017
