NEW YORK — Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the third spherical of the US Open on Wednesday night time when his opponent needed to cease within the third set of their match with an damage.
Djokovic led Laslo Djere 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 when his Serbian countryman retired. Djere was main 4-2 within the second set when he gave the impression to be troubled by ache close to his hip and was visited by an athletic coach later within the set.
It marked the sixteenth time Djokovic has superior at a significant through retirement or walkover, essentially the most by any man for the reason that Open period started in 1968.
It was the ninetieth win on the US Open for Djokovic, permitting him to succeed in that complete in any respect 4 Grand Slams — one thing no participant in tennis historical past had performed. The 24-time main champion will play No. 28 seed Alexei Popyrin on Friday.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.
