The Serb was beaten by Argentine Mariano Navone, ranked 49th, 6:7 (5:7), 7:5, 6:4, 2:6, 1:6 in a first-round match.
During the match, Djokovic experienced health problems—he vomited three times, used an inhaler during breaks, had back pain, and suffered from cramps.
In the fifth set, after winning a game to make it 0:3, he started crying.
“I felt disgusted by every minute on the court,” Djokovic admitted.
The Argentine became the author of one of the tournament’s biggest upsets in history:
🔹the first player in history to beat Djokovic in the first round of the US Open;
🔹the second player to beat Djokovic at the start of a “Grand Slam” series after Paul Goldstein (Australian Open-2006);
🔹the first player since 2010 to take Djokovic’s US Open first-round match to the fifth set.
Djokovic was the tournament’s 4th seed and is ranked 5th. Due to the failure, for the first time since 2018 he will drop out of the top 10.
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