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 Nadal barely broke sweat in his 6-1 6-3 thrashing of Italy's
Andreas Seppi while Federer recovered from a break of serve in the
first set to beat Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4 6-1.
Champion Djokovic demolished Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta 6-0 6-1.
The Serbian is on the same side of the draw as Federer and heading
for a semi-final with the Swiss fourth seed.
"I've had more time, compared to last year, to practice on the clay
courts and to get my game to the level where I want it to be,"
Djokovic told reporters.
"I've lost only two games in the first two matches. It can't be
better than this, for sure."
Spaniard Nadal, whose eight-year reign as champion was ended by
Djokovic in last year's final, extended his proud record in Monte
Carlo to 50-2 with his win on centre court.
The world number one will meet compatriot David Ferrer in the last
eight after the sixth seed made easy work of Bulgaria's Grigor
Dimitrov, winning 6-4 6-2.
"That is going to be a very tough match," the eight-times French
Open champion said about the all-Spanish duel.
"David is a tough, tough player on any surface but here on clay, (he
is) always a big challenge. I play a lot of matches against him,
very tough ones."
Federer will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after the French ninth seed
shook off a mediocre start to celebrate his 29th birthday with a 5-7
6-3 6-0 victory over Italy's Fabio Fognini.
"I've seen Jo play different kinds of quality matches lately so I'm
not quite sure how he's going to play, how aggressive, how passive,"
Federer said.
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"I have to make sure I play aggressive myself and not become too
passive just because we're on clay."
Djokovic, seeded second, will face Guillermo Garcia-Lopez after the
Spaniard provided the shock of the third round with a 4-6 6-3 6-1
comeback win over fifth seed Tomas Berdych.
Djokovic has taken just 45 and 47 minutes to win his opening two
matches in the tournament.
Third seed Stanislas Wawrinka reached the quarter-finals without
hitting a ball after his third-round opponent Nicolas Almagro
withdrew injured.
"I woke up this morning with a severe pain in my left foot that
prevented me from even walking normally," Almagro said.
Australian Open champion Wawrinka advances to meet eighth seed Milos
Raonic after the Canadian beat 11th-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo
6-4 6-3.
(Writing by Julien Pretot/Sam Holden; editing by Mitch Phillips,
Robert Woodward and Pritha Sarkar)
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