Tennis Tennis French Open: Nadal, Djokovic into quarterfinals The nine-time French Open champion is aiming to become the first Open Era player to win 10 titles in a single Grand Slam event. AFP 04 June, 2017 18:44 IST Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his tennis match against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut at the Roland Garros 2017 - AFP AFP 04 June, 2017 18:44 IST Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal surged into the French Open quarterfinals for a record-equalling 11th time on Sunday.TOURNAMENT TRACKERNadal continued his ruthless form at Roland Garros by dispatching Spanish 17th seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to match Roger Federer's mark of last-eight appearances in Paris.The 14-time major winner is yet to drop a set, conceding just six games in the last two rounds as he strives to become the first man to win 10 titles at a single Grand Slam.WOMEN'S MATCHES"I'm happy because Roberto is a very good player. It's very important for me to be in the quarter-finals one more time," said Nadal, who turned 31 on Saturday.Defending champion Novak Djokovic will also become an 11-time quarterfinalist in Paris if he defeats Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas later Sunday.Japan's Kei Nishikori fought off a fierce five-set challenge from rising South Korean talent Hyeon Chung to clinch a place in the last 16.Eighth seed Nishikori led two sets to one but trailed by a double break at 3-0 down in the fourth set when rain halted play on Saturday.Chung forced the contest into a deciding set as play resumed on Sunday, but the world number 67 double faulted on match point to gift Nishikori a 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 0-6, 6-4 victory."I think the rain helps me a lot, because I was really down in the fourth set and mentally I wasn't ready," admitted Nishikori."I knew I had to change something to beat him today, so I think I made some adjustments to make little better than yesterday."It was the first third-round meeting between two Asian players at Roland Garros, with 2014 US Open finalist Nishikori going on to play Fernando Verdasco for a place in the quarterfinals.Karen Khachanov will play Andy Murray in the fourth round after the giant Russian beat American 21st seed John Isner 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3).Djokovic eases past Ramos-VinolasDefending champion Novak Djokovic reached a record-equalling 11th French Open quarter-final on Sunday with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-1, 6-3 win over Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas.Djokovic will face sixth seed Dominic Thiem for a place in the semi-finals, two weeks after routing the Austrian for the loss of just one game in the Rome semi-finals.The world number two also beat Thiem in the semi-finals at Roland Garros last year on his way to a first title in ParisZeballos no match for ThiemDominic Thiem is through to the French Open quarterfinals for the second straight year after easing past Horacio Zeballos 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.The sixth-seeded Austrian, a semifinalist at Roland Garros last year, next plays defending champion Novak Djokovic.Zeballos received a thumbs up from Thiem after one superb lob midway through the third set, but the unseeded Argentine was never really in contention and lost in 1 hour, 40 minutes.An ace down the middle gave Thiem victory on his first match point.Carreno Busta stuns RaonicSpanish 20th seed Pablo Carreno Busta stunned fifth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 8-6 to set up a French Open quarterfinal clash with Rafael Nadal.Carreno Busta will be playing in his first Slam quarterfinal after needing seven match points to clinch the 4hr 17min match on Court One.Raonic, a quarter-finalist in 2014, fired 25 aces, 92 winners but a stunning 84 unforced errors. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address. Dugout videos