The meeting lasted 2 hours 18 minutes and ended with a score of 7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 0 in favor of the third racket of the world.
Nadal is a 13-time French Open champion, a record for the tournament.
For reaching the semifinals, the Spaniard will compete with Argentine Diego Schwarzman, who defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff.
Earlier it was reported that Novak Djokovic, on the refusal of Lorenzo Musetti, reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros.