PARIS: Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal lost just one game in a ruthless display to reach the French Open last 16 on Friday (Saturday in Manila), but title-holder Novak Djokovic needed five sets to survive.

Nadal demonstrated why he is once more considered the overwhelming favorite at Roland Garros with a brutal demolition of Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili.

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