Generali Open: First semi-final of the year for Thiem

Austrian wild card Dominic Thiem reached the semi-finals of the Generali Open by edging out Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at Kitzbühel Tennis Club in Kitzbuhel on Thursday evening.

Thiem, ranked No 116, will face Serb Laslo Djere, the No 5 seed, next, in his first semi-final at tour level since Antwerp in 2022.

DOMIIIIII 🔥@domithiem reaches his first semi-final of the season in Kitzbuhel! He fights back to defeat Rinderknech 4-6 6-3 6-4!#GeneraliOpen pic.twitter.com/g9GWOdEp57

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 3, 2023

Ahead of his victory, the Austrian beat Argentinian qualifier Facundo Bagnis (7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)) and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (1-6, 6-3, 6-2).

Rinderknech, ranked No 67, won against Argentinian lucky loser Juan Manuel Cerundolo (6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2) and German Yannick Hanfmann, the second seed (7-6 (3), 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Kitzbuhel tournament.

Kitzbuhel ATP250, other last 8 results (Kitzbühel Tennis Club, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Laslo Djere beat Pedro Cachin (3): 6-4, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (1) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez beat Alex Molcan: 6-4, 6-3