Tennis - ATP - Rome Open - Dominic Thiem of Austria v Rafael Nadal of Spain - Rome, Italy - 19/5/17 - Thiem celebrates after winning the match. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
(Reuters) - Austria's Dominic Thiem dumped seven-times champion Rafael Nadal out of the Italian Open 6-4 6-3 on Friday to reach the semi-finals, but will have to wait to find out his opponent at the Foro Italico.
The Austrian will face either world number two Novak Djokovic or Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, whose quarter-final was suspended till Saturday after rain halted play with the Serb leading del Potro 6-1 1-2.
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