Novak Djokovic Suffers Shock US Open First-Round Exit
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- Novak Djokovic lost 2-3 to Mariano Navone in the US Open men’s singles first round in New York.
- Djokovic requested a medical timeout for back pain before the deciding set and lost after 4 hours and 35 minutes.
- It was his first US Open first-round exit and his first opening-round loss at any Grand Slam since the 2006 Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic’s bid for a record 25th major singles title ended immediately at the US Open, where Argentina’s Mariano Navone defeated him in a five-set first-round match.
Navone, ranked 49th, beat the 39-year-old Serbian, ranked fifth in the world, 2-3, with the match ending 6-7, 7-5, 6-4, 2-6, 1-6. Djokovic took a medical timeout before the final set after reporting back pain.
He returned to the court after treatment but could not recover his form. Djokovic continued the match in tears before accepting defeat after 4 hours and 35 minutes.
The loss marked Djokovic’s first elimination in the US Open’s opening round. Across the four Grand Slam tournaments, it was his first first-round exit since the 2006 Australian Open, a span the report puts at 7,531 days, or 20 years, seven months and 14 days. A US Open victory would have made him the first player, male or female, to win 25 major singles titles.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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