<p>Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic demonstrated their superior class on clay as they eased into the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Claycourt wizard Nadal barely broke a sweat in his 6-1, 6-3 thrashing of Italy's Andreas Seppi while fourth seed Federer recovered from a break in the first set to beat Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-1.<br /><br />Champion Djokovic dropped just one game as he demolished Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta 6-0, 6-1 to continue his title defence in the principality.<br /><br />Spaniard Nadal, whose eight-year reign as champion was ended by Djokovic in the final last year, extended his proud record in Monte Carlo to 50-2 with the win on centre court.<br />The world number one will next meet compatriot and sixth seed David Ferrer in the final eight, who made easy work of Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov by winning 6-4, 6-2.<br /><br />Federer, who has a record 17 Grand Slam titles, will face local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a mouth-watering quarterfinal after the French ninth seed shook off a mediocre start to celebrate his 29th birthday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 victory over Italy's Fabio Fognini.<br /><br />Djokovic, seeded second, will face either fifth seed Czech Thomas Berdych or Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and he can look forward to a titanic semi-final showdown with Federer should they both get past their next opponents.<br /><br />Swiss third seed Stanislas Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals without hitting a ball on Thursday after his third-round opponent Nicolas Almagro withdrew injured. Australian Open champion Wawrinka advances to meet eighth seed Milos Raonic after the Canadian beat 11th-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-4, 6-3.<br /><br />Bopanna, Qureshi win<br /><br />Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and his partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi beat Lukas Kubot and Robert Lindstedt 6-3, 6-0 to advance ng to the doubles quarterfinals.<br /></p>
<p>Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic demonstrated their superior class on clay as they eased into the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Claycourt wizard Nadal barely broke a sweat in his 6-1, 6-3 thrashing of Italy's Andreas Seppi while fourth seed Federer recovered from a break in the first set to beat Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-1.<br /><br />Champion Djokovic dropped just one game as he demolished Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta 6-0, 6-1 to continue his title defence in the principality.<br /><br />Spaniard Nadal, whose eight-year reign as champion was ended by Djokovic in the final last year, extended his proud record in Monte Carlo to 50-2 with the win on centre court.<br />The world number one will next meet compatriot and sixth seed David Ferrer in the final eight, who made easy work of Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov by winning 6-4, 6-2.<br /><br />Federer, who has a record 17 Grand Slam titles, will face local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a mouth-watering quarterfinal after the French ninth seed shook off a mediocre start to celebrate his 29th birthday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 victory over Italy's Fabio Fognini.<br /><br />Djokovic, seeded second, will face either fifth seed Czech Thomas Berdych or Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and he can look forward to a titanic semi-final showdown with Federer should they both get past their next opponents.<br /><br />Swiss third seed Stanislas Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals without hitting a ball on Thursday after his third-round opponent Nicolas Almagro withdrew injured. Australian Open champion Wawrinka advances to meet eighth seed Milos Raonic after the Canadian beat 11th-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-4, 6-3.<br /><br />Bopanna, Qureshi win<br /><br />Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and his partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi beat Lukas Kubot and Robert Lindstedt 6-3, 6-0 to advance ng to the doubles quarterfinals.<br /></p>