"I'm very happy, he's a great player", Nadal said afterwards. "I don't really like to play against him, because he has a game style which doesn't fit me at all".
Djokovic will take confidence from his 6-1 6-0 demolition of the sixth seed at the Italian Open, although many will point to Thiem's own condition after expending so much physical and mental energy ending Rafael Nadal's 17-match unbeaten run on clay just a day before.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will also become an 11-time quarterfinalist in Paris if the Serb defeats Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas later.
Chung quickly forced the contest into a fifth 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.
Nishikori recovered to beat Hyeon Chung, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 0-6, 6-4; Monfils was leading 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-3 against Richard Gasquet when his countryman retired after getting treatment on his right thigh. "I think he will really step it up and try to do something special". (It) is really hard, because Rafa is maybe the best player [on] this surface [in] history, and he's playing really [well].
In the women's draw, Spanish holder Garbine Muguruza faces local hero Kristina Mladenovic on Suzanne Lenglen Court while 10th-seeded Venus Williams takes on Swiss Timea Bacsinszky.
As if by stealth, Dominic Thiem moved into the quarter-finals of the French Open on Sunday with another quietly devastating performance.
Sailing-Barker bows out of another America's Cup with pride
Barker spoke of his pride of having lead a team that brought Japan back into the America's Cup for the first time since 2000. Artemis helmsman Nathan Outteridge said he was feeling good about the duel with Team New Zealand.
Elina Svitolina led Simona Halep 5-1 in the second set after winning the first, but still failed to beat the pre-tournament favourite.
Meanwhile, No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki returned to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, eliminating 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.
At 21, Khachanov is the youngest man to reach the round of 16 at Roland Garros since US Open victor Marin Cilic, then 20, in 2009.
Ostapenko defeated Samata Stosur of Australia 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. I always made him guess, which was one of the keys.' Dominic Thiem will be your next opponent.
Pliskova, who had won just twice in five previous French Open appearances before this year, will face either Paraguays Veronica Cepede Royg or Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia for a quarterfinal spot.
The 22-year-old victor of the Taipei, Dubai, Istanbul and Rome tournaments will play the next round against Croatian Petra Martic, who defeated Latvian Anastasija Sevastova, 6-1, 6-1.
Djokovic found himself up against the man who came into the tournament with more clay-court wins than any other player this season, including a career-best victory over Andy Murray in Monte Carlo. "I still can't believe that I'm sitting here".
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