The 37-year-old Djokovic, a four-time New York champion, was painfully unsuccessful as soon as once more in his try to win a document 25th Grand Slam championship, falling to 28th-ranked Alexei Popyrin of Australia 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6 within the third spherical, as per AFP.
He made an uncommon 14 double faults and 49 unforced errors in his defeat, which implies that he’ll end the season with out a Grand Slam victory for the primary time since 2017.
“The best way I performed from the start of the event reaching the third spherical is successful,” mentioned a despondent Djokovic, who stays marooned on 24 Slam titles with Margaret Courtroom.
“I’ve performed a few of my worst tennis ever.”
Djokovic acknowledged that his dismal New York marketing campaign was influenced by the trouble and fallout from his Olympic gold medal victory in Paris simply 4 weeks prior.
“Clearly it had an impact. I spent a number of power profitable the gold, and I did arrive to New York simply not feeling recent mentally and bodily.
“However as a result of it is the US Open, I gave it a shot and I attempted my greatest. I did not have any bodily points. I simply felt out of gasoline.”
“Life strikes on,” added the Serb. “I am going to try to recalibrate and search for what’s subsequent. Tomorrow is a brand new day.”
