Nadal almost ended his season before French Open

“Mentally, after Indian Wells, I suffered a major downturn,” said Nadal.

Ashleigh Barty rises to number two position

Apart from Barty, Marketa Vondrousova also witnessed a significant move as she climbed to the number 22 position from the 38th position.

In the past, Barty had plenty of trouble with the way clay dulls powerful serves and other strokes, as well as the footwork it requires.

Thiem downed the world number one 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.

Vondrousova also reached her first major title match, eliminating No. 26 Johanna Konta of Britain.

The last teenager to reach the final at Roland Garros was Ana Ivanovic, who was also 19.

The decision was made after Wednesday’s play was washed out, causing a logjam in schedule at Roland Garros.

Nadal has been equally dominant and obliterated Kei Nishikori with an awesome show of force in the quarter-finals.

11-times champion Nadal demolished Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-1, 6-3, while 20-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer had a tough win vs Wawrinka.

Wawrinka beat Federer in straight sets in their last Roland Garros meeting at the same stage four years ago.