French Open 2019 | Novak Djokovic joins Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in Big Three reunion

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was the last player to win through to the semi-finals at the French Open, ending a surprising drought.

Novak Djokovic finally broke the drought.

Novak Djokovic will take on Dominic Thiem for the third time in four years at the French Open after both eased through to the semi-finals on Thursday.

World No.1 Djokovic has progressed to the last four at Roland Garros with a 7-5 6-2 6-2 victory over fifth seed Alexander Zverev while Thiem defeated Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-4 6-2 to reach a fourth successive semi-final at Roland Garros.

Djokovic and Thiem faced each other in the semi-finals in 2016, with the Serbian winning easily, but Thiem turned the tables the following year in the quarter-finals before reaching his first grand slam final here last year.

Victories for the two men also mean that, with Rafael Nadal taking on Roger Federer in the other semi-final on Friday, the top four seeds are all through to the last four.

Remarkably, it is the first time at a grand slam since the French Open in 2012 that Djokovic, Federer and Nadal have all made it through to the semi-finals.

Djokovic has moved to within two victories of holding all four titles at the majors at the same time for the second time in his career by defeating his German opponent in two hours, nine minutes at Roland Garros on Friday.

Novak Djokovic will meet Dominic Thiem in the French Open semis.

Despite sending a flurry of mighty serves crashing down, towering world No.5 Zverev could offer only momentary resistance to the top seed.

The 1.98m tall German had served for the opening set at 5-4 before Djokovic simply clicked it up a notch to steal that set 7-5 then romp through the next two 6-2 6-2.

“He was serving very well, it was a big challenge for me to find the right returning position,” Djokovic said after his win on court afterwards.

“I was 4-5 down, then I played five or six games perfectly, hitting clean balls. It was very windy but it felt good to play (after Wednesday’s washout).”

Thiem, meanwhile, had to battle his way through the first week in Paris but has found his best form in the last two rounds and was far too strong for 10th seed Khachanov.

The Austrian Thiem was never seriously troubled as he won in one hour 47 minutes with a service winner on first match point.