When Carlos Alcaraz was told on Thursday how Novak Djokovic won his fair share of the draw at the US Open, at least in terms of his opponents’ standings, Murcian warned: “All players can achieve great results and Djokovic must not let his guard down”.

It was as if Alcaraz had predicted what would happen at the Arthur Ashe circuit this Friday. Nole was measured by compatriot Laslo Djere in the third round. Because the owner of 23 thousand Beat 38 in the worldHowever I dropped the first two setsand even though he had managed to make a comeback for the eighth time in his career, he glimpsed the abyss of saying goodbye to the Open, where he hadn’t left since 2006 and had run out of options to win for the fourth time. New York title.

“it happened One of the toughest games I’ve played in New York in years”, Djokovic recognized on the track after half past one in the morning. three hours 45 minutes game time that must be closed by the second match point 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 and 6-3. This result led to: fourth roundSunday is measured as follows: Croatian Borna Gojo is 105th in the world.