Cecchinato is the lowest-ranked French Open semifinalist in 19 years and the first Italian man to make it that far at any major in 40 years. Djokovic served for the fourth set at 5-3 — “I thought,” Cecchinato would say, “my Roland Garros was about to end” — but the 2016 French Open champion got broken. 7 seed Dominic Thiem of Austria, who made it to his third consecutive French Open semifinal by beating No. Stephens beat Keys in the U.S. Open final last September, and Thursday’s rematch will be the first all-American women’s semifinal at the French Open since Serena Williams defeated Jennifer Capriati in 2002. Somehow, Cecchinato won the one that mattered most, the last.

Source: Philippine Star June 06, 2018 02:48 UTC