The men's singles draw has only one former Australian Open champion left in it.
The venue is Melbourne Park.
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The Spaniard continued his quest for a record-breaking 21st major title with a straight-set win over Adrian Mannarino at the Australian Open.
Nadal won the first-set tie-break as he converted his seventh set point.
After the tie-break, the sixth seed went on to win the match.
Next up for Nadal is Denis Shapovalov, who he beat third seed Alexander Zverev.
Canada's 14th seed, Denis Shapovalov, reached his first Australian Open quarter-final with an impressive 6-3 6-7 (7-5) 6-3 victory against Germany's Olympic champion.
Nadal is the highest ranked player remaining in the top half of the men's singles draw after the exit of Zverev.
It was a frustrating match for Zverev, one of the pre-tournament favorites after winning the ATP Finals for a second time in November, and his wait for a first Grand Slam title goes on.
Four set points were faced by Nadal in the opening set, which lasted one hour and 22 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.
In the previous round, the Russian Aslan Karatsev had defeated Mannarino in a four-set match that lasted four hours and 48 minutes.
The breathless battle at the start of this match took its toll on the 33-year-old, who had a problem with his knee and groin and was broken in the opening game of the second set.
Nadal broke the Frenchman in the opening game of the third, but the Frenchman fought back and broke back to love.
He could not deny Nadal in the third game, despite saving five break points, the Spaniard taking his sixth chance to begin a four-game run to move clear and seal victory in two hours and 43 minutes.
"I was a little bit lucky, I had my chances, but he had a lot of chances as well," Nadal said.
The service break at the beginning of the second set was very important.
He said that the first set was difficult because he had been playing great tennis.
I am very happy that I survived because his ball was very difficult to control.
The only former champion left in the tournament, Nadal faces a tough challenge against the young Canadian in the last eight as he looks to take advantage of the absence of two of his idols.
It's always a pleasure to play against a guy like Rafa.
It's always going to be a fight against him. I'm going to enjoy it, but it's going to be a tough one.
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