Novak jokovic is out of the US Open and explained exactly what he felt went wrong after a shock exit in just the third round do Novak jokovic outlined what he felt went wrong at the US Open after being knocked out in the third round by Alexi pyron jokovic lost in a huge upset less than 24 hours after Carlos alcaraz was also beaten jokovic won an Olympic gold medal playing scintillating tennis in Paris just a few weeks ago and did not play between that final on August 4th in his first US Open match Manny will be quick to point to the Olympic hangover and impact on his prepar ations as a cause for his unusually early exit and jokovic explained he was never feeling right physically and mentally when he arrived in New York however he did clarify that he had no injury problems during the tournament as he delved into potential explanations for his below par performances dot asked if it was just too much heading from the Olympics to the US Open he said I don't know maybe maybe but it's a different surface I mean obviously it had an effect I spent a lot of energy winning the gold and I did arrive to New York just not feeling fresh mentally and physically Dot but because it's US Open you know I gave it a shot and I tried my best I mean I didn't have any physical issues I just felt out of gas you know and you could see that with the way I played