The reigning champion suffered a surprise straight sets defeat to Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals, losing 7-5 6-3 6-love.
Thiem will meet Rafa Nadal for a place in this year’s final, after the nine time champion played just one set in his last eight tie with Pablo Carreno Busta before his opponent retired injured.
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In the other quarter-finals this afternoon, top seed Andy Murray meets Kei Nishikori and reigning US Open champion Stan Wawrinka meets Marin Cilic.
There are also two women’s quarter-finals to be decided.
Second seed Karolina Pliskova takes on Caroline Garcia of France, while third seed Simona Halep is up against fifth seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.
