He had won the tournament on six prior occasions up to that point. He lost to Denis Istomin, his first Slam loss to a player ranked outside the top 100 in the ATP rankings. Djokovic’s team ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

when he was stunned by wild card Denis Istomin in the second round, and the earliest at the US Open since 2006, following which he has at least reached the fourth round in every edition.

2. This was the Serb's earliest exit from a major tournament since the 2017 Australian Open, when he got knocked out in the second round by Denis Istomin. 3. This is his earliest exit from the US ...