QNA
The Spaniard Rafael Nadal qualified for the quarter-finals at Roland Garros by beating the American Sebastian Korda (213th) on Sunday in three sets 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.
By reaching his 14th quarter-final in Paris, Nadal breaks a tie with Novak Djokovic, who has reached the last eight at the clay-court Grand Slam championship 13 times.
Djokovic will attempt to re-join Nadal atop the leaderboard when he faces Karen Khachanov on Monday.
In his 100th match at Roland Garros (97-2), Nadal will face US Open finalist Alexander Zverev or Next Gen ATP Finals champion Jannik Sinner for a place in the semi-finals.
The Spaniard, who has dropped only 23 games through the first four rounds, leads Zverev 5-1 in their ATP Head2Head series and is yet to meet Sinner at tour-level.
Korda, entered Roland Garros with no tour-level experience on clay. After qualifying for the main draw without dropping a set, the World No. 213 overcame Andreas Seppi, John Isner and Pedro Martinez to become the first qualifier since Alejandro Falla in 2011 to reach the Round of 16 in Paris.