New York—Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are on a US Open collision course as the final Grand Slam tournament of
season gets under way on Monday with American teenager Coco Gauff chasing a breakthrough first major title.
Djokovic, 36, is making a long-awaited return to the US Open this year after his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19 meant he was unable to gain entry to the United States. “Each point is a hustle. Each point is a battle. You feel like you’re not going to get maybe in total five free points in the entire match,” Djokovic said of Alcaraz.
“It’s great that he knows that every time he’s going to play against me, it reminds him playing against Rafa or against the best ones because that means we are in a good path,” he said. After struggling in the early part of the season, Gauff felt she had hit rock bottom after exiting in the first round at Wimbledon.
The win in Cincinnati included a morale-boosting first ever victory over world number one Iga Swiatek, the defending US Open champion.
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