Author: King Seth

In a stunning upset at the US Open 2024, Novak Djokovic’s run was abruptly ended in the third round when he lost in four sets, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, to Alexei Popyrin of Australia. In addition to ending Djokovic’s quest for a 25th Grand Slam victory, this outcome shocked the tennis world because it signaled the end of a rare season in which none of the Big Three—Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Djokovic—claimed a Slam victory. Having just won a hard-fought gold medal at the Olympics in Paris, Djokovic looked mentally and physically exhausted against the 24-year-old Popyrin. Even…