The world No. 2 fell to Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin, 7-6 (10-8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. This is the first time since Wimbledon in 2008 that Djokovic has been knocked out in the second round of a ...

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Britain's Aljaz Bedene lost in straight sets to Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in round one of the Rotterdam Open. World number 105 Bedene, who beat Istomin in the qualifiers for Rotterdam ...

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan beat Sam Querrey of the United States 7-6 (1), 7-6 (6) in the final of the grass-court Nottingham Open to win his first ATP title on Saturday.

In fact. he hit the last ball as a tennis forehand. Djokovic, who was the two-time defending champion at the Australian Open, suffered a disappointing second-round exit at the hands of Denis Istomin.

It's Djokovic's earliest loss at a major since the 2017 Australian Open, where he lost in the second round to Denis Istomin. It's also only the third time in the Open era that two of the top three ...

The last time it happened was the 2017 Australian Open. Djokovic lost to Denis Istomin in five sets. NEW YORK — On the fifth day, the king of tennis left the building. Twenty-four hours after ...

This was also the earliest in one of the four big tournaments he has lost since Denis Istomin beat him the second round of the 2017 Australian Open. "I have played some of the worst tennis I have ...

Not since 2017, when Denis Istomin knocked him out of the Australian Open, had Djokovic lost this early in a Grand Slam. Then, his right elbow was beginning to deteriorate and eventually required ...

Novak Djokovic did not go easy on himself when assessing the listless way he performed from the start of the US Open, pointing to his sloppy serving as the main reason the defense of his 2023 ...