Dominic Thiem edges closer to maiden grand slam title after booking semi-final spot at US Open

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Dominic Thiem has his eyes firmly on the prize after sweeping aside Alex De Minaur to reach the US Open semi-finals. The second seed roared past young Australian De Minaur 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to move another step closer to a maiden grand slam title. The defaulting of world No 1 Novak Djokovic, along with the absences of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, has ensured a new name will be on the trophy this year. And after a full throttle performance of beauty mixed with brutality, Thiem served notice that he is finally ready to step out of the shadows. "I guess it's somewhere in the back of the heads of all four remaining players," said Thiem, who faces Daniil Medvedev in the last four.

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