Awful serving Novak Djokovic through to the 3rd round at US Open 2024.

[@keranseunarine4274]

Better he serves badly now than in the latter matches

[@sanjay-ul8lch]

Give your thoughts on Jannik's performance in the 2nd round . Jannik just showed why he is equally great in defense and offense and how good he is at the net and a speed machine and so balanced in defense .

[@arvinds4961]

Alcaraz won just ten games inter .

[@milostomic8539]

I am shocked Alcaraz lost this early in the tournament. Seems he's still affected by that defeat in the Gold medal match in Paris. He won French Open, then he won Wimbledon and played for Olympic Gold.This season was great for him until Olympic final.

[@stefanjevremovic427]

As long as Djokovic wins that is the only thing that matters,he will be better I am sure,he always in early rounds build his form.

[@sanjay-ul8lch]

Inter stop over hyping this senorita Crampitos .

[@gitarysta]

Honestly, I was expecting that! Nole had some issues in the upper back prior to the first match + no serve rhythm and vs. Djere he had stomach issues. The last few years he almost always needed some matches to get to his level… Even with no serve he’s still good enough to beat two guys with no real danger… of course the circumstances against Djere were awful

[@MDSlayerTK]

Djokovic can play his worst but I would never ever count him out in the bigger matches.

[@alextabet9247]

Agreed. He really needs to raise his first serve percentage from under 50% to over 65%, and drop the number unforced errors and double faults significantly if he wants a chance of reaching the semis, let alone with the US Open.

[@ValentinG23]

He needs to get his shit together against Popyrin ,,the level he showed today was bad !!!

[@Apldoorn055]

Lets hope he can improve his service 🙏, otherwise its gonna be very difficult

[@Macedon1972]

The only reason why Novak hasn't won more titles at US Open is the hot and humid condition there

[@pauljohnson6019]

Haha, BS, no magic mushrooms from Becker- ha!

[@Macedon1972]

@pauljohnson6019 no, he gave it to Sinner, 😝😝😝

[@vanamalik3989]

All of us know that the aging Novak struggles or seems to struggle in the early rounds and many a times in the first sets. At times throughout the tournament like it happened in FO and AO a few years ago when he defeated Tsitsipas in the finals. In AO he was injured and still played. As you always say fondly he is a beast. He just needs to switch to that beast mode and usually he does when it matters most to him. Assuming GS# 25 matters to him a lot, then it will happen sooner or later. I am not worried as long as he is winning and moving to the next round. I am happy there is no 8th round.

[@ajeetp470]

Djokovic sometimes serves like beast sometimes he struggles to serve.

[@masterprofesor4228]

Alcarez consistency machine like big 3: loses to Monfils in first round, than loses to van de Zandschulp in second round...He is so lucky that there are no more great players on the tour left but Novak and Sinner who is druged

[@masterprofesor4228]

Djoker knows that he needs only to be at his 60 % to win every match until he makes SF...Anyways, If Alcaraz makes it to final, Djoker would smoke him like in Olympics...

[@michael8597]

Well Novak has to improve his first serve percentage dramatically if he has to win his unprecedented 25th slam. First Serve percentage below 50 is appalling. But Novak has won against Alcaraz at Cincinnati when serving even below 50%. So you can't count out his chances even then because he has such a complete game like no other in sport. Nevertheless I hope going forward he will find rhythm on his first serve. Better to find it sooner than later.

[@cicadraza3671]

Why his service is so bad??? he had perfect service in Olympics, i dont get it

[@pauljohnson6019]

Bo5 is different from bo3, also clay surface, is different service from hard court.

[@cicadraza3671]

@@pauljohnson6019 whats difference when it comes to service when you constantly hit the ball on the net?

[@pauljohnson6019]

@@cicadraza3671 On clay it's easier to be more consistent on serve, because it's a slower surface, on hard court, you need to risk more, because the points are faster, and a good returner can put you under pressure, rallies usually are shorter, on clay you might be able to extend the rally, as it's generally more harder to hit outright winners.

[@masterprofesor4228]

Djoker is 37...He always safes his best performance for the final. That's why he won 24 Slams, Olympic gold, 7 ATP finals and 40 Masters...

[@pauljohnson6019]

Yep, that's why he got destroyed at WImbledon by Alcaraz, haha, saves his best, until he meets the best.

[@vicbalaoing8511]

Bad serving? How about Senorita Crampitos which you always overhype? He can't even get to the quarterfinals yet you still keep fangerling him as if he is your tennis God, You said he will be destroyed by Alcaritos but Alcaritos was destroyed by a low ranked player. what a joke.

[@honeynut4586]

Once he remembers how to hit a first serve he will be good

[@profoundgreetingsfromneptune]

What I don't understand is this just-rolled-out-of-bed Novak. How can someone who's talked endlessly for the last two years about "peaking" at the majors and about "playing [his] best tennis" at the big tournaments not have his serve ready to go by now? His serve should've been loaded for bear by now. His serve should've been sharpened like a broadsword or like a machete by now, should've been razor sharp and ready to slice its way through this tournament from jump. For someone who says he wants to "peak" at the majors, he looks lethargic -- at night, no less -- and rarely even looks happy. If humidity is an issue, bring the family with you to some place humid, like Florida, a month before the tournament, and acclimate to American humidity there. Come on, Djokovic, the competition is only going to get more and more unforgiving. These are the types of tournaments for which you keep saying you want to be at your best physically, mentally, technically, and tactically. I lovingly say this as a fan: Djokovic, go home and get the real Djokovic. We need him to show up ... now.

[@colethomas903]

@profoundgrettingfromneptune personally think djokovic has an injury

[@colethomas903]

Ab

[@vanamalik3989]

My intuition tells me that God has decided to bless Novak with GS#25. Heart of heart I was hoping that both Alcaraz and Sinner will exit early so that for a change Novak can get at least one GS with least effort. Looks like the Gods are smiling. Alcaraz down and out. One more to go. Still Zverev and Medvedev are no easy pushovers even for the mighty Novak. I know this is child like wish. But why not let the child have a say ? Who doesn't like getting lucky, naturally without fixing ? I do. Disclaimer : I have nothing against both Alcaraz and Sinner as players. Both are big and have emerged as the big 2 in the emerging big 3 (Rune !). But then, when I look back and revisit Novak's journey I cannot help wishing him something big at this stage in his career. All said and done, may the best man win. Botic Van.... is scary.

[@sidmeerut417]

nice comment

[@vanamalik3989]

@@sidmeerut417 Equally nice comment if not more. Thank you. Feels good.

[@sanjay-ul8lch]

Botic was sinner's first round opponent in ao earlier this year alcaraz fans called it a cake walk draw, sinner played de jong who pushed alcaraz at rg then played Khachanov last yr's ao semi finalist, then rublev, djokovic and medvedev to win ao .

[@vanamalik3989]

@@sanjay-ul8lch Sinner's AO win is commendable. No doubt. How I wish he did not get caught in this drug question mark. I am not sure how he is going to shake it off or overcome, especially if he is innocent as he clearly claims with a straight face. I would be glad if he is innocent. I have nothing against him. But I cannot say the same thing about these establishments and agencies such as ATP, GSs, IATI, WADA and what not. All of them are diabolical end evil as far as I ma concerned.

[@pauljohnson6019]

You're intuition was wrong! God wanted Novak to f off, by the looks of it- not only did he lose in 3rd round, but he lost in straight sets, AO2025 will be even harder at nearly 38, he'll be stuck on 24 forever.

[@rajeshsmusical]

As if alcaraz has better serving come on now he is out of USO 🤣

[@elumazhais9865]

You seem to be in delight every time Alcaraz loses . But iam a student of thirukkural i will abstain from celebrating others defeat .

[@alfredghofari3614]

he is getting gold

[@DLH-zw3lx]

He has been getting old since he was born. One day, this 'he is old' will be the reason for most of his losses. He is a dedicated beast regarding his health and hunger. He will squeeze all the productivity out from his career to get the best results. Respect

[@Bojanthekid]

Djokovic hates to play against Serbian players always those problems but at the end oft the day job done straight sets that matters

[@hih5868]

Alcatraz vs djoker again?

[@rajeshsmusical]

He normally finds rhythm in first few rounds so no need to laugh

[@brendajohnson5525]

There are people who value straight set wins no matter what and this makes no sense to me. Novak has played the worst out of the favorites so far.

[@Fraudkovic]

All that matters is the last person standing on the court at the end of the tournament. Who plays worse now is irrelevant

[@colethomas903]

Inter Novak’s lowest 1st serve % in 427 slam matches: 1) Mon vs Albot (47.0%) 2) Wed vs Djere (47.2%) Wow

[@arvinds4961]

Cole what went wrong why Carlos crashed out so early to a washed up Botic .

[@mir-jan3496]

Have you seen the terrible conditions to play. It was storm outside,high humidity, thunders,wind, thousands people inside,many seeking shelter from storm, from other playgrounds with no roof,easy commenting from lazy chair. He gives procentig he needed.😄