French Open: Djokovic becomes first player to hit USD 100m jackpot
Novak Djokovic achieved this feat by defeating Roberto Bautista Agut on Wednesday.
World number one Novak Djokovic became the first player to smash the $100 million prize money barrier when he reached the French Open quarter-finals for the 10th time Wednesday.
The 29-year-old Serb started the tournament with USD 99,673,404 and the 294,000 euros (USD 328,303) he earned by beating Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut took him past the landmark figure.
Top seed Djokovic defeated 14th seeded Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 to move into a 28th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final and 36th in all.
He will on Thursday take on Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych, who beat Spanish 11th seed David Ferrer 6-3, 7-5, 6-3. Djokovic has a 23-2 career stranglehold on Berdych who will be playing in his third Roland Garros quarter-final.