Carlos Moya [ Images ] rolled back the years to beat fellow 30-something Jonas Bjorkman [ Images ] 7-6, 6-2, 7-5 and reach the quarter-finals of the French Open [ Images ] for the fourth time in his career on Monday.

The two oldest players left in the draw stepped on court with a combined age of 65 and it was the younger of the pair, the 30-year-old Moya, who came up trumps.

The Spaniard, champion here in 1998, had trailed 5-2 in the opening set but once he overcame that wobble he wore down doubles specialist Bjorkman with a dogged display from the baseline.

Bjorkman, who had his shoulders massaged at the end of the second set, slapped a weary backhand into the net to bow out after two hours 38 minutes.

Moya, the 23rd seed, will next face either defending champion Rafael Nadal [ Images ] or Australian 14th seed Lleyton Hewitt [ Images ].

Djokovic back on cruise control

Novak Djokovic [ Images ] underlined his growing stature in tennis to also charge into the quarter-finals for the second successive year with a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 victory over Fernando Verdasco [ Images ].

The Serbian sixth seed had been two points from defeat in his previous five-set thriller against French journeyman Olivier Patience but maintained cruise control against the 51st-ranked Spaniard.

With both players squandering a string of break points in the third set, Djokovic stepped on the accelerator in the tiebreak and sealed it 7-1 after Verdasco misfired a shot into the stands.

The result means three Serbians have reached the quarter-finals of a grand slam for the first time after Jelena Jankovic [ Images ] and Ana Ivanovic [ Images ] made it through in the women's draw.

Djokovic will face either 16th seed Marcos Baghdatis [ Images ] or Russian Igor Andreev for a place in the semi-finals.