Paris, France (SportsNetwork.com) - Top-ranked star Rafael Nadal and former world No. 1s Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer posted quarterfinal victories Friday at the $3.65 million Paris Masters tennis event.
The U.S. and French Open champion Nadal flattened ninth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-1 in 67 minutes. The 2007 Paris Masters runner-up is now 12-0 lifetime against the nifty Gasquet.
The second-seeded Djokovic got past seventh-seeded Swiss slugger Stanislas Wawrinka 6-1, 6-4, as the recent China Open and Shanghai Masters titlist extended his current overall winning streak to 15 matches.
"When he plays that good it's very difficult, especially on this surface where he's the best, I believe," Wawrinka said.
The Australian Open champion Djokovic improved to 14-2 lifetime against Wawrinka, which includes wins at the U.S. and Aussie Opens this season.
The 2009 Paris Masters champion Djokovic and Federer will square off in one of Saturday's semifinals. Federer is 16-13 lifetime against his Serbian counterpart and Saturday will mark their first meeting of 2013.
A fifth-seeded Federer exacted some revenge on fourth seed Juan Martin del Potro, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, in 1 hour, 43 minutes on the hardcourts at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. Del Potro defeated his fellow former U.S. Open champ in last week's marquee finale at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, which is Federer's hometown in Switzerland.
The 32-year-old Federer doubled-up del Potro in aces on Day 5 in Paris (6-3) and broke the tall South American on twice as many occasions (4-2) en route to the final four in the French capital.
Federer is now 14-5 lifetime against del Potro, who had won their last three encounters.
"I knew it was a long time since I had been able to do that," Federer said. "So I'm happy now I won against a top-10 player again, especially just before London where I will have to play against three top-10 players in a row."
The 6-foot-6 Argentine star del Potro had reached finals in his previous three events.
Third-seeded and defending Paris Masters champion David Ferrer rallied past sixth-seeded 2005 winner Tomas Berdych by a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 margin.
Ferrer, who beat Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in last year's final, will face Nadal in the semifinals.
This week's big winner in Paris will collect $720,000.
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