In Italian Opens, the Austria's Dominic Thiem beat Rafael Nadal 7 times- 6-4 6-3 to reach the semi-finals.
As before in Barcelona and Madrid Open finals Thiem defeated twice by Nadal and this time he was in the mood to take revenge.
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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