Dominic Thiem overcomes Alexander Zverev to reach Australian Open final

<div class="pa_art"><p>Dominic Thiem will play Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final on Sunday after battling to a four-set victory over Alexander Zverev.</p><p>Thiem will contest his third grand slam final and first away from the French Open, while he is the first Austrian player, male or female, to reach a singles decider at Melbourne Park.</p><p>The fifth seed played a nervy first set, during which a smattering of rain led to the roof being closed, and saved two set points in the third set, with Thiem's bravery on the big points ultimately proving the difference in a 3-6 6-4 7-6 (3) 7-6 (4) victory.</p><p>The 26-year-old's reward is another shot at one of the big three in a slam final.</p><!-- EMBED START Twitter { src: "https://tw . . .