Roger Federer reached a record 28th successive grand slam quarter-final yesterday when he defeated Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 at the French Open.
Second seed Novak Djokovic later took his place in the last eight with a straight-sets win over Richard Gasquet.
Third seed Federer, the 2009 champion and four-times finalist, will face either Spanish seventh seed David Ferrer or French ninth seed Gael Monfils for a place in the semi-finals.
"I am super-happy because I knew after he beat (Jo-Wilfried) Tsonga, when he really dominated in the last two sets, what the danger was," said Federer.
"He showed all his qualities in the third set and was a bit unlucky but all the better for me I guess."
With victory yesterday, in a repeat of the match-up at the same stage of Roland Garros last year, Federer took his career record to 9-1 against Wawrinka, his Beijing Olympics doubles gold medal-winning partner.
He cruised to a two-set lead courtesy of a break in the fourth game of the opener and two breaks in the third and fifth games of the second set against Wawrinka, who needed five sets to beat Tsonga in the last round.
Wawrinka, with Federer's former coach Peter Lundgren in his corner, rallied to lead 3-0 with a break in the third set.
But 16-time grand slam winner Federer came roaring back in the seventh and 11th games before securing victory with his eighth ace.
Sadly once again I have yet to see this match, hoping there's some coverage of it this evening.
Judging by the score line looks like it was another superb display by Mr. Fed.
His next opponent Gael Monfils could be very tricky. But definitely doable.
It's the semi-finals and another potential match-up with Djokovic that has me on edge.
But, let's see how things go tomorrow first.
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