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Watch Hot Shot as Dominic Thiem emphatically ends an epic rally against Borna Coric at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images

Dominic Thiem has reached five quarter-finals at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 level, including this week at the Mutua Madrid Open and earlier this season at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. The 23-year-old Austrian talks about his favourite tournament, city and what makes the Masters 1000 titles so difficult to win. Which is your favourite Masters 1000 tournament? Madrid. I beat my first Top 10 guy there (Stan Wawrinka). The food is prepared by an Austrian company. I know the guys there. They treat me really well, so it’s a tournament I look forward to every year. Which is your favourite Masters 1000 host city? Rome is a legendary city and the Italian food is the best in...

Watch Hot Shot as Dominic Thiem covers every part of the court to flick a passing shot past Stan Wawrinka. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Billie Weiss/BNP Paribas Open

• Top 10 players and Top 2 Pablos will battle in the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals on Thursday when No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka meets No. 8 seed Dominic Thiem and No. 21 seed Pablo Carreno Busta faces No. 27 seed Pablo Cuevas. Three of the four boast one-handed backhands (Wawrinka, Thiem and Cuevas) and all four are bidding for their first Indian Wells semi-final. • Wawrinka rallied Wednesday after lucky loser Yoshihito Nishioka served for their fourth-round match twice. The top-ranked Swiss owns a 2-1 FedEx ATP Head 2 Head record against Thiem. He is 0-2 in Indian Wells quarter-finals, falling to Novak Djokovic in 2008 and Roger Federer in 2011. Wawrinka has reached as many ATP World Tour...