Melbourne, January 21 (QNA) - Number one seed Rafael Nadal progressed to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open by seeing off Argentina's Diego Schwartzman in four sets.
Nadal, 31, won 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena to set up a last-eight meeting with Croatia's Marin Cilic.
Schwartzman, the 24th seed, proved Nadal's trickiest opponent so far, taking a first set of the tournament off the 16-time Grand Slam champion. But Nadal powered through the final two sets to win in three hours, 51 minutes.
Sixth seed Cilic earned his place in the quarter-finals with a 6-7 (7-2) 6-3 7-6 (7-0) 7-6 (7-3) victory over Spain's 10th seed Pablo Carreno Busta. (QNA)