Tennis great Djokovic exits US Open in first round amid tears and pain
- Novak Djokovic’s pursuit of a 25th Grand Slam ends in a five-set defeat to unseeded Argentinian player Mariano Navone.
- Novak Djokovic, grinding through physical and internal ailments, made one mistake after another and could not find what it took to beat a feisty, younger opponent who was not intimidated under the lights against tennis’s most decorated player.
- The 39-year-old is out of the US Open after a first-round defeat to Mariano Navone on Sunday night, losing 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a five-set marathon that lasted four hours and 36 minutes.
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- Novak Djokovic’s pursuit of a 25th Grand Slam ends in a five-set defeat to unseeded Argentinian player Mariano Navone.
- Novak Djokovic, grinding through physical and internal ailments, made one mistake after another and could not find what it took to beat a feisty, younger opponent who was not intimidated under the lights against tennis’s most decorated player.
- The 39-year-old is out of the US Open after a first-round defeat to Mariano Navone on Sunday night, losing 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a five-set marathon that lasted four hours and 36 minutes.
Sources: Al Jazeera