Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates defeating Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in their men's singles quarter-final match during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's transformation into claycourt machine was completed on Wednesday as the seven-times champion bulldozed his way into the French Open semi-finals with a 6-2 6-3 6-1 demolition of Swiss ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka.
After huffing and puffing through the opening week of the claycourt grand slam, the Spanish third seed was at his awe-inspiring best to set up a meeting with world number one Novak Djokovic in a rematch of last year's final.
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