Novak in a class by himself

Djokovic pushes career earnings past $100 million

Novak Djokovic had 100 million reasons to celebrate reaching the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday - albeit two days later than expected - as players finally cleared the fourth-round backlog created by the fickle Parisian weather.

After relentless rain washed out all but two hours of play over the previous two days, beleaguered Roland Garros organizers said such conditions had not been seen since 1873 as they frantically tried to play catch-up by staging 12 singles matches - instead of just four quarter - finals - on day 11 of the sodden championships.