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Dominic Thiem and Marco Cecchinato enter the quarter-finals of French Open

Dominic Thiem and Marco Cecchinato enter the quarter-finals of French Open

Dominic Thiem and Marco Cecchinato

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Dominic Thiem and Marco Cecchinato will meet Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of French Open

Dominic Thiem bt Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4

Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem reached his third successive French Open quarter-final on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 win over Japan's Kei Nishikori.

Thiem, the only man to defeat 10-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal on clay this year, will face German second seed Alexander Zverev for a place in the semi-finals.

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Sunday's win for 24-year-old Thiem was his first over Japanese 19th seed Nishikori who had won their previous matches on grass at Halle in 2015 and on clay in Rome in 2016.

Marco Cecchinato bt David Goffin 7-5, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3

Italian world number 72 Marco Cecchinato hailed "the best moment" of his life after beating David Goffin 7-5, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday, just two years since being embroiled in a match-fixing scandal.

Cecchinato, who was suspended for 18 months by the Italian tennis federation in July 2016 for fixing before later being cleared of any wrongdoing, will next face 12-time Grand Slam champion and his former practice partner Novak Djokovic.

The 25-year-old had never won a Grand Slam match before this tournament but showed some good form when winning an ATP clay-court title in Budapest as a lucky loser earlier this year.