Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns against Japan’s Kei Nishikori in their fourth round match at the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday June 3, 2013. AP Photo/Michel Euler
PARIS — Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal celebrated his 27th birthday on Monday by trouncing outclassed Japanese 13th seed Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the French Open quarter-finals.
Next up for the defending champion is either French seventh seed Richard Gasquet or Stanislas Wawrinka, the Swiss ninth seed.
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