Djokovic beats Norrie to join Nadal in French Open century club

PARIS - Three-times champion Novak Djokovic roared into the French Open quarter-finals by beating Briton Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-3 6-2 for his 100th match victory at Roland Garros on Monday to join Rafa Nadal in one of sports most exclusive fraternities.

The Serbians determined performance ensured he became only the second man to win a century of matches at the Parisian Grand Slam following the retired Nadal (112),keeping him on track for a record 25th major at the site of his Olympic gold last year.

It also made Roland Garros Djokovics most successful Grand Slam in terms of match wins, bettering the 99 victories that he has at the Australian Open, although the 38-year-old has lifted the trophy a staggering 10 times at Melbourne Park.

Its a number which is very good and nice, but a 101st win is even better, Djokovic told the crowd in French.

Its not finished for me here the tournament and I feel very good and good to make history here. I hope there will be another win here in two days.

By reaching the quarter-finals for the 16th straight year, Djokovic also became the oldest man entering the last eight at Roland Garros since 39-year-old Istvan Gulyas in 1971.

Djokovic arrived in Paris having won his 100th tour-level trophy in an otherwise lacklustre year and has not dropped a set in the tournament so far to remind his much younger title rivals of his undiminished hunger for more milestones.

He swapped breaks early on with Norrie in the first set but ran the 29-year-old ragged thereafter to win it before shrugging off another wobble on serve in a draining second set to pull away and double his advantage on Court Philippe Chatrier.

I feel good I have a lot of expectations from my