The 2024 U.S. Open : Alexei Popyrin beats Alcaraz to reach second round of US Open

U.S. Open in 2024:
After Carlos Alcaraz, tennis star Novak Djokovic has also become the victim of a major upset at the US Open.


Alexei Popyrin beat Novak Djokovic in the third round of the US Open 2024:


For the second day in a row at the US Open 2024, fans witnessed a colorful fight. Because the fans were shocked when Carlos Alcaraz came out on August 30. The following day, on August 31, tennis star Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat. He lost to 28th seed Alexei Popyrin of Australia in the third round. Djokovic failed to reach the fourth round of the US Open for the first time in 18 years. Djokovic won the match 3-1.

For the first time since 1973, the second- and third-ranked men's singles players failed to reach the fourth round at the US Open. Novak Djokovic lost the first two sets against Alexei Popyrin 4-6 and 4-6.

After that, he made a great comeback in the third set and he won 6-2 and now in the next set, everyone thought that Djokovic would tie the match, but Alexei Popyrin won the fourth set 4-6. The match lasted 3 hours 19 minutes.


Djokovic missed a chance to make history.
In the tennis world, Novak Djokovic has so far 24 Grand Slams to his name, in which he is the most successful player among men. If Djokovic had won the US Open, he would have become the player with the most Grand Slam titles - 25 - among men and women. Currently, Djokovic is tied with Australia's Margaret Court with 24 Grand Slam titles.