Austrian Dominic Thiem beat defending champion Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-4 7-5 on Friday to reach his first career semi-final at the Kitzbuehel Cup.
The 20-year-old Thiem, the youngest player in the top 50, will play 2008 champion Juan Monaco of Argentina, who defeated fourth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-2 3-6 6-3. Both quarter-finals were moved from Thursday because of rain.
In the other semi-final, David Goffin of Belgium plays Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina.
Thiem was 3-1 down in the opening set before winning 10 of the next 15 games for a 5-2 lead in the second. He failed to serve out the match at 5-3 but broke Granollers again at 6-5.
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