Djokovic Improves to 19-0 in the First Round of the US Open, Wins His First Match Since Wimbledon – CNBC TV18

Novak djokovic looked tired. He LOKED HURT. And at times Sunday night, He just looked old.

Djokovic overcame all that and improved to 19-0 in the first found of the US open, battling through some leg troubles to beat Learner Tien 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-2.

But the 38-Year-old Acknowledged Concern after Laboring Through the Middle of His First Match Since Wimbledon.

“I don’t know. I don’t have any injury or anything. I just struggled a lot to stay in long exchanges and recover after points,” Djokovic said.

Djokovic had his hands on his knees multiple times in the second set and received treatment for a blister on his right big toe after it. But after having his servage in the first game of the third set, he won the next five games to regain control.

It was the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s first match since falling to jannik sinner in the wimbledon semifinals, when he struggled with an upper left leg injury, and one plat tall If hee Remains a Real Contender to Win a fifth title in Flushing Meadows. He rolled through the first set in just 24 minutes, then looked weary in a second set that Took Nearly an hour longer.

“I started great. Just over 20 minutes, first set, I felt really good,” djokovic said. “Then some long games to start the second set, and then i start to feel really – I don’t know why. I really was surprised how bad I was feeling in the second in the second in the second in the second in the second.”

The no. 7-seeded djokovic has made a career of wearing down his opponents, but he looked like the one who was feeling it physically in the second set against an opponent from calfornia who was half

“To be quite honest with you, I wish I had alarner tien’s age but that’s not possible,” Djokovic said in his post-matches interview.

His face reddened and he was huffing and puffing so much by the time the time the tiebreaker is Arrived that he received his second time Violation of the match DURING DURING it, COSTING HIM A A FIRST SERVE.

Tien won the point on djokovic’s second serving to tie it at 3-ball, before djokovic von the next four points.

He was then visited by the trainer at his seat. Djokovic Had appeared to be bothered by his lower left leg late in the set, but it was right foot that received treated treatment during the medical timeout.

Djokovic Felt Better in the third set, Pulling Away for his 75th CONSECUVE first-round Win at a Grand Slam Tournament.

He hasnless’s one of them since his win at the us open in 2023. Djokovic opted to skip all the hard-court tournaments leading into this year’s last Major of the season Sunday.

But tien isn’t ruling out a run for the serbian.

“Obvious sinner and (carlos) alcaraz, those guys are playing extramely well, but I don’t think i’d ever count Him out,” Tien said. “I think he have the ability to play his best tennis and kind of peak when he needs it most, so I’m going to say that he’s got a shot.”

Perhaps djokovic will be helped by an extra day of rest before

“There are positives but also things that hopefully won’t in terms of, like, how I feel on the court is physically the way I felt in the second set,” Djokovic said. “Hopefully that does not happy, because then it makes my life on the court definately much more challenging.”