Tennis: Thiem reaches ATP Finals semis as Djokovic and Federer face shootout

LONDON: Dominic Thiem produced a scintillating display of attacking tennis to beat Novak Djokovic and qualify for the last four at the ATP Finals on Tuesday , leaving the Serbian facing a shootout against Roger Federer.

Thiem was forced to play high-stakes tennis against the 16-time Grand Slam winner, taking the breath away with some of his inside-out forehands and single-handed backhands Undaunted, Thiem broke his opponent at the first opportunity in the second set and, with Djokovic's error count climbing, went on to level the match.

Thiem successfully challenged at 30-30 in the 10th game after his forehand was ruled out, preventing a match point for Djokovic and he toughed it out to level at 5-5. "I stayed in the match the whole time, came from a set down, I remained offensive, stuck to my game and I'm in the semi-final."Third seed Federer had put himself under the cosh by losing his opening round-robin match to Thiem.

Federer, 38, will face Djokovic on Thursday in a repeat of July's marathon Wimbledon final, during which he squandered two championship points on his own serve.

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