I t was the day that all tennis fans feared: sooner or later it would have to happen and the fact that Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer managed to extend it until 20

Australia's Alexei Popyrin hands defending champion Novak Djokovic his earliest US Open defeat in 18 years with victory in the third round.

With Novak Djokovic's early exit, a long-standing streak held by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Djokovic himself comes to an end at the US Open. The 2024 US Open delivered a major shock with Novak Djokovic’s third-round elimination at the hands of Australia’s Alexei Popyrin.

Novak Djokovic voiced harsh self-criticism in the wake of his shock third-round exit from the ongoing 2024 US Open.