Britain's Andy Murray reached his fourth consecutive French Open semi-final with a four-set win over Kei Nishikori on Wednesday in Paris.
The 30-year-old Scot now goes on to face Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka, who beat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-3 6-1.
Twelve months after becoming the first man in 47 years to hold all four grand slam titles, Djokovic exited with a 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 6-0 loss to Thiem, while Nadal moved into a 10th French Open semi-final after Pablo Carreno Busta retired with an abdominal problem trailing 6-2 2-0.
Murray got a taste of the Nishikori's stylish shot-making in the first set, then saw Nishikori carelessly give points away in the second set, disintegrate completely after forcing a third-set tiebreaker and lose six straight games despite securing an early break in the fourth set. I think I know how to play him. It's going to be tough but I can learn some things from previous year.
Swiss third seed Wawrinka set up another Paris semi-final with Murray after breezing past seventh seed Cilic in the last eight.
Murray, who was runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros past year, will meet 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka for a spot in Sunday's final.
Rohan Bopanna has bagged his first-ever Major win after bagging the French Open 2017 crown.
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Pliskova reached the U.S. Open final a year ago, but the Czech player had never been past the second round at Roland Garros in five previous appearances. "It's not always about how well that you play or the level that you play at. but with the right attitude, right game plan, right tactics, you can still win matches". Then I lost a crucial break at the start of the second. [He] won in Vienna, so is obviously confident. The Romanian wasted four set points but evened the match on her next opportunity in the tiebreaker after saving a match point.
"Whether it's Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak or Stan, I don't need to think about the amount of slams they have for any motivation". "Once I found a bit of rhythm I started to control things a little bit more", Murray said on court afterwards.
Time violations are a contentious issue, with players allowed 25 seconds between serves in regular tour events but only 20 seconds at grand slams.
I think he's been struggling a little bit since the beginning of the year, but he's in the semi-final.
'You know, when we changed ends at 1-0 he told me, You're playing too slowly.
"But it's possible that I'm playing too slow".
The next five games flew by in a blur of Murray's winners and Nishikori's unforced errors: One player commanding from the front foot, the other backing off toward defeat.
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