Paris: 
Rafael Nadal breezed through the quarter-finals of French Open as he defeated the Swizz, Stanislas Wawrinka on Wednesday by 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. With an easy victory over his opponent, he has also improved his match record of 57-1 at Roland Garros.
Nadal is looking rock solid to become the first player in history to win the same grand Slam title eight times. His next match will be against the top seed, Novak Djokovic, who won the last match when they came across on clay in Monte Carlo in April.
"Stan was a little bit tired after his incredible match against Richard (Gasquet) which I thought was the best match of the tournament so far. I think today I played my best match of this year at the tournament. I was very happy with the conditions on a court that is so emotional for me," said Nadal
Wawrinka already had the odds against him as he lost all nine matches against Spaniard and also because of the leg strain which occurred during his marathon match against Gasquet, which he won after losing first couple of sets.
Nadal broke the Stan’s serve twice to take the first set 6-2 and assured that Wawrinka won’t be having much to cheer about. Nadal then jumped out into a 3-1 lead with another break early in the second set before Wawrinka had a glimmer of hope with a break back to get to 3-3. Nadal added some more power to his groundstrokes which was just too good for Swizz.
Nadal ran off three quick games in a row to take a two sets to love lead and it was clear that Wawrinka's chances of another major comeback were next to impossible. To make matters even worse, Wawrinka needed further treatment to his strained thigh even before the third set could get underway.
He did have a break point to savour as the third set got underway, but a thumping Nadal first serve erased that and then Wawrinka was broken again in the next game.
Meanwhile, in the other tie of men’s category, Djokovic had bit of a tough time against 35 year-old Tommy Haas, advancing on a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) 7-5 score-line. Haas was more of a mismatch in this contest which was quite visible in the first set as Serb didn’t gave him enough chances to sneak through.
The only title that is missing from his cabinet is of French open which if he wins then he would become to become just the eighth man to complete a career Grand Slam.
"Tommy is a very dangerous opponent with lots of quality, plenty of experience and is very aggressive. I will have to raise my game for the next match. Nadal is in great form but the win in Monte Carlo has given me great confidence. I will be positive."
The Serbian reeled off breaks in the seventh and ninth games that gave him the first set in which Haas won just a single point on the Serb's serve. But Haas held on for a second set tie-break, even nipping ahead for 4/2 before Djokovic reeled off five of the next six points to take it courtesy of a trademark, deep, booming forehand.
The veteran Tennis star from Germany slipped 2-1 down in the third before he carved out and converted his first break point of the quarter-final to level at 2-2. But number one seed, Djokovic broke again for a 4-3 lead before Haas saved a match point in the ninth game.
He refused to buckle, breaking Djokovic a further time as he served for the match to level at 5-5.
But the Serb wasn't to be denied taking victory on his second match point. Haas was left with the slender consolation of having reached a Roland Garros quarter-final for the first time at the 12th attempt, a year after having to qualify for the tournament.