Novak Djokovic Crashes Out of US Open in First Round to Unseeded Navone
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After his striking physical failure on Sunday, the question of the imminent retirement of the 39-year-old Serb arises.
Novak Djokovic crashes out of US Open in first round to unseeded Navone
Novak Djokovic, a four-time champion, suffered a shock first-round exit at the US Open, losing to unseeded Argentine Mariano Navone in a gruelling five-set match, marking his earliest Grand Slam departure since 2006.
The Argentine won 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2 and 6-1 against the Serbian.
Eliminated from the first round of the US Open, Sunday, August 30, 2026, a first in the Grand Slam for twenty years, Novak Djokovic lived one of the most painful evenings of his career. The body of the Serb seemed to remind him, brutally, that even the greatest are not eternal. What to think of a sports retreat?
Novak Djokovic is ELIMINATED in the first round of the US Open for the first time in his career, diminished and beaten by Mariano Navone.
Novak Djokovic suffered his earliest-ever Grand Slam exit, losing in five sets to Argentina's Mariano Navone at the US Open despite visible physical struggles and a late fightback.
A teary goodbye to the US Open? Novak Djokovic overcome with emotion as struggles evident in first round defeat
Novak Djokovic may have just come to the realisation that his time at the top of tennis is petering out. His first round one exit at a Grand Slam since the 2006 Australian Open came last night at the US Open in a five-set thriller against Mariano Navone. Djokovic collapsed at the end of the match, r...
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