World number two Novak Djokovic explained his defeat to Australian Alexei Popyrin in the third round of the US Open by saying he played a terrible match. “Championship”.
“I played the worst tennis I’ve ever played. The serving is the worst of the bunch so far. You can’t win on a surface like this without serving. It was just a terrible match,” Djokovic said.
The match, which lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes, ended with the scores of 4:6, 4:6, 6:2, 4:6.
In the fourth round, Popyrin will face US representative Francis Tiafoe.
The last winner of the tournament was Djokovic, who beat Russian Daniil Medvedev in three sets in the 2023 final.
Djokovic holds the record for most Grand Slam titles, both men’s and women’s (jointly with Margaret Court), with 24. Djokovic has won 99 ATP titles, 98 of which have been in singles.
Formerly Russia’s best tennis player I couldn’t do it We made it through to the second round of the US Open.
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Source: Gazeta
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