Thiem has never beaten Djokovic in five previous meetings, with the Serbian also beating the No.6 seed in the French Open past year, when Thiem had no answer in a straight set loss in the semifinals.
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The 14-time major victor believes that some umpires are stricter than others who may afford a player more leeway especially in the red-hot atmosphere of a Grand Slam.
The Serb also confirmed that coach Andre Agassi had, as planned, already left Paris.
"If I play him, I have to change something compared to the past matches", Thiem said earlier on Sunday about the possibility of facing Djokovic, per ATPWorldTour.com.
Nadal destroyed his opponent on Court Suzanne Lenglen to move into the quarter- finals and one step closer to a 10th Roland Garros crown. I have experience of playing against him.
Venus Williams' chances of adding a first French Open title to her collection of seven grand slams faded on Sunday after the 36-year-old was beaten 5-7 6-2 6-1 by Swiss Timea Bacsinszky in the fourth round.
The World No. 2 will take on sixth seed Dominic Thiem of Austria in his quarter-final match.
Some other notable matches were Andy Murray's statement win over Juan Martín del Potro, Pablo Carreño Busta's big win over Milos Raonic, and Kei Nishikori's five-set win over Hyeon Chung.
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World number one Novak Djokovic has never triumphed in Paris.
"I think the rain helps me a lot, because I was really down in the fourth set and mentally I wasn't ready", admitted Nishikori, who faces Fernando Verdasco next.
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When she returned, she was asked again whether the "forza" calls had been annoying, and replied: "No, I think she speaks like 25 languages, I heard".
Novak Djokovic beat Albert Ramos 7/6 (5) 6/3 6/1 to advance into the Roland Garros quarter-finals.
Danish 11th seed Caroline Wozniacki knocked off 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the last eight for just the second time. However, Garbine Muguruza crashed out in the last 16. Nadal produced some breathtaking tennis all through the match as he decimated Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
Big-serving American John Isner, seeded 21, was knocked out in his third-round match by Karen Khachanov of Russian Federation, who won 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-3).
She will next face the victor of the match between Veronica Cepede Royg and Mariana Duque-Marina.
But Carreno Busta's victory over Raonic was just the first in 17 attempts against a top-10 player. In their 2015 meeting at the Rio Open, Nadal holding off Carreno Busta 7-5 6-3.
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