Roddick won the 2003 US Open after Andre Agassi captured the Australian Open months earlier. That became the surprising end of a 15-year streak in which American men won at least one leg of the Grand Slam per year since 1988. The 21-year drought since has been a tough pill to swallow for fans in the United States.

A night after Carlos Alcaraz lost, defending champion Novak Djokovic loses to 28th-seeded Alexei Popyrin in the third round of the U.S. Open.

Novak Djokovic tried to put on a happy face, if only briefly, after his startling third-round defeat at the U.S. Open. He raised his arms, put two thumbs up and grinned a bit before making his way toward the Arthur Ashe Stadium locker room.

What a couple of days it has been at the 2024 US Open. On Thursday night, Wimbledon and French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz was knocked out in straight sets by Botic van de Zandschulp. Then on Friday night,