Nadal booked his place in the quarter-finals of the second major of the season after registering a comfortable 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.
Nine-time Roland Garros champion Nadal, who turned 31 on Saturday, equals the mark for last-eight appearances at the tournament held by Roger Federer.
Nadal - bidding to become the first player in the Open Era to win the same major 10 times - and Carreno Busta hugged before the 14-time grand slam victor applauded his crestfallen friend off court. "I am sorry for the crowd but happy for me". The men's quarterfinals involving Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic that had been scheduled for Tuesday were postponed until Wednesday.
Shortly before setting out to try and defend the French Open he announced that he had got together with eight-time major champion Andre Agassi, although the American was only in Paris for a week and missed Djokovic's defeat by Thiem.
"I knew I had to change something to beat him today, so I think I made some adjustments to make it a little better than yesterday".
Play will not resume before 1630 GMT, organisers said. "I am not playing close to my best and everyone knows that". "Should I not go to London with myself, my family?'", said Djokovic, who is in Paris contesting the French Open.
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Once Thiem broke at the start of the second set, a Djokovic comeback never looked on the cards. Nadal is 3-0 against Carreno Busta.
"Everything wasn't flawless. There were a few concerns", Mladenovic said, before joking: "I made about 35 double-faults today, but everything's [okay]!"
"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, who faces Fernando Verdasco next.
Thiem clinched a gruelling opening set with a tie breaker but the former world number one fell away dramatically in the second and lost seven games in a row as the 23-year-old stormed into his second straight semi-final in Paris.
The fourth seed will meet compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta, while Djokovic will play Dominic Thiem. The 25-year-old dropped just one set in the first three rounds.
The 12-time Grand Slam victor had a complete overhaul of his coaching staff ahead of the second Grand Slam of the year, and said when asked that he would not rule anything out as he attempts to address a worrying slump in form. "I had an 0-5 record against him".
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