Nadal ready to 'fight until the end' after setting up French Open showdown with Djokovic

Rafael Nadal set up a blockbuster French Open quarter-final showdown with world No 1 Novak Djokovic after the record 13-time champion edged past Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five-set fourth round epic on Sunday.

Nadal, holder of a record 21 Grand Slam titles, defeated the Canadian ninth seed 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in a match which lasted four hours and 21 minutes. It was only the third time in his 17-year, 112-match career in Paris that Nadal had been stretched to five sets.

Nadal and Djokovic will meet for the 10th time at Roland Garros and 59th overall in a rivalry stretching back to 2006.

"We know each other well, we have a lot of history. The only thing I can say is that I will be focussed, try my best and fight until the end," said Nadal on facing the defending champion on Tuesday.

Djokovic has been responsible for two of Nadal's three defeats in Paris – in the quarter-finals in 2015 and last year's semi-finals.

Ninth-ranked Auger-Aliassime, who is coached by Nadal's uncle and former coach Toni, raced into a 3-1 lead in the first set and battled from three break points down to edge 4-1 ahead.

Nadal retrieved one of the breaks in the seventh game but the 21-year-old Canadian held his nerve to pocket the opener.

Two loose forehands at 3-5 in the second set opened the door for 35-year-old Nadal while the third set swung the Spaniard's way in the third game when three rapid, defensive scrambles forced an error from his opponent.

Auger-Aliassime then rallied to level the tie.

In a tense deciding set, Nadal converted the sixth of 22 break points he had carved out to lead 5-3 and held his nerve to claim his 109th victory at Roland Garros.

Novak Djokovic dominated Diego Schwartzman to reach the French Open quarter-finals.