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Paris, France (Sports Network) - World No. 1 Novak Djokovic came from behind in order to win his fourth-round match, while seven-time champion Rafael Nadal was an easier winner Monday at the French Open. Last years Roland Garros runner-up Djokovic dropped the first set on Day 9 of the fortnight before charging back to dismiss 16th-seeded German Phillip Kohlschreiber, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, in 2 hours, 42 minutes, while the third- seeded former top-ranked Nadal celebrated his 27th birthday by predictably blowing past 13th-seeded rising Japanese Kei Nishikori, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3, in just over two hours on the famed red clay on Court Chatrier. Following his win, the crowd serenaded Nadal with a rendition of Happy Birthday and he was presented with a large cake on court. In the Djokovic-Kohlschreiber affair, the German secured the lone break of the first stanza to grab a one-set lead, but the Serbian star, who angrily busted his racquet during that first set, recorded the only breaks en route to claiming the second and third sets and broke Kohlschreiber by a 2-1 margin in the fourth en route to victory. The 26-year-old Djokovic is now third on the mens Open Era list with 16 straight trips into a Grand Slam quarterfinal. Djokovic played for the first time after learning over the weekend that his childhood coach and the person who first recognized his exceptional talent, Jelena Gencic, died in Belgrade on Saturday at the age of 77. The mighty Djokovic reached his first-ever French Open final last year, only to lose to the great Nadal. The reigning Australian Open champ needs Roland Garros to complete a career Grand Slam. Djokovics quarterfinal opponent will be resurgent German Tommy Haas, who looked impressive in a straight-set rout of Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Meanwhile, the 11-time major titlist Nadal, seeking a fourth straight title at this lone clay-court Slam, improved to 56-1 lifetime at Roland Garros on Monday. The Spanish strongman has been brilliant so far in 2013, going 40-2 with six titles in eight events. Nadal broke Nishikori five times, while Nishikori failed to break the clay court stalwart on Day 9. The formidable left-hander Nadal will meet Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka on Wednesday, as the ninth-seeded Wawrinka upended seventh-seeded French crowd favorite Richard Gasquet in an epic five-setter, 6-7 (5-7), 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 8-6. Nadal topped Wawrinka in an ATP Masters final in Madrid last month. When asked how he came back from two-sets-to-love down against Gasquet, Wawrinka said, "I dont know." Wawrinka prevailed in 4 hours, 16 minutes on Court Lenglen against a distraught Gasquet. The aforementioned oft-injured Haas cruised to a 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Youzhny in just 90 minutes to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the first time. He has been to at least the round of eight in each of the other three Grand Slams. In addition, the 35-year-old German became the oldest quarterfinalist in a major since Andre Agassi at the 2005 U.S. Open and became the oldest French Open quarterfinalist since a 39-year-old Istvan Gulyas in 1971. He is also the first German in the French quarters since Michael Stich and Bernd Karbacher in 1996. "These are cool stats sometimes to hear," said Haas, who has undergone shoulder, elbow and hip surgeries during his career. "I feel like Im riding a wave that I hope to continue as long as I can. Im going out there and I try to improve my game as much as I can, and to be in this situation is spectacular." The 12th-seeded Haas, a champion in Munich last month, needed 13 match points to finally finish off John Isner in the third round on Saturday, but had little trouble against Youzhny. The Russian beat Haas in the first round of the Italian Masters last month and took the first game on Monday, then proceeded to lose 10 straight on his way to a quick exit. Youzhny was so frustrated on Monday that he demolished his racquet by banging it nine times against his changeover chair. "Bad luck for that racquet," Youzhny said afterward. The quarterfinals will get underway Tuesday, as second-seeded former No. 1 Roger Federer will take on sixth-seeded French favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and fourth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer will battle 32nd-seeded fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo. Federer is 9-3 lifetime against the former Aussie Open runner-up Tsonga, including a quarterfinal victory at the Aussie Open back in January. 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Seventh on the Chase grid, he clinches if he finishes 12th at Talladega, but a crash or getting caught without a drafting partner could turn a four-win season into one in which the best he could finish is fifth in points.Well just go race Sunday and do the best job we can do and hopefully move on so we can take advantage of this great team we have, the race cars we have and the season weve been able to put together, Truex said.It would be a shame to lose it all here.Three of the four JGR drivers control their destiny -- Matt Kenseth (29 points ahead of the cutoff) clinches with a 28th-place finish, Kyle Busch (27 points ahead) clinches with a 26th and Carl Edwards (24 points) clinches with a 23rd.Denny Hamlin, who won the Daytona 500, is six points behind the current cutoff and would be 19 points behind the cutoff if one of the drivers on the outside looking in wins the race for an automatic bid to the next round.I feel like I can drive with the best of them and draft with the best of them -- its just a matter of so many circumstances, Hamlin said. Its very likely well be battling other teams and teammates, where my teammates are in a little bit different situation than I am.It will be a tough road ahead of us. But realistically I give myself as good a shot as anyone who has to go out here and have to win. I wouldnt bet against this team, and hopefully when we need a big result, were going to get it.With the Chase format designed for unpredictability and requiring at least a good three-race stretch if a driver doesnt win, it would be hard to expect all five Toyotas to be among the final eight. While team and manufacturer executives might love to be 5-for-5 as far as Toyottas advancing, it doesnt appear to be a focus for the drivers.ddddddddddddWe dont think of it like that [as a group], Edwards said. Its an afterthought, like, Oh, thats pretty neat.Its so competitive. Every one of us doing our own thing trying to get there. When this race is over, well all sit back and go, Oh, OK, heres what weve got [in]. Thats just kind of icing on the cake, as a group how well weve run.Even the drivers who appear to be safe know they arent. Busch had a 25-point cushion entering this race in 2014, rode in the back and got tagged by Austin Dillon while trying to slow down for a wreck in front of him.You never can have any comfort, and you do what you need to do in order to transfer through, Busch said. Its all about the racing gods when it comes to the story of Talladega.Ive been on both sides of it at Talladega in the first two years of this format. Weve had a cushion before and been wrecked out, and we were on the outside looking in last year and were able to stay out of trouble and make it through to the next round.Hamlin does expect, though, that his teammates could take a different philosophy than he will Sunday as he faces a virtual must-win situation.Fortunately and unfortunately, my teammates have to be pretty smart, Hamlin said. They are in a good points position, so they have to be smart when they race on Sunday. Im not able to do that. I have to have a little different strategy.The only drivers guaranteed a spot in the next round of the Chase are Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick, who won at Charlotte and Kansas, respectively, earlier this round.For a driver such as Truex, he could look at last season, and while he ran well, he wasnt as dominant as hes been this season. But thanks to the Chase system, he was in the mix at the season finale at Homestead. This year, the system could end up taking him out of championship contention with four races remaining.Its a what have you done for me lately sport and to a huge extreme with the Chase now with this format, Truex said. Youve got to perform every single week.Truex had issues last week at Kansas with the car fueling system. Hamlin has had pit-road miscues and an engine failure in this round.I like the position -- I like performing under pressure, Hamlin said. These situations are what makes or breaks champions. ' ' '