the defending Champion Novak jokovic is through to the third round for the 18th time from his many trips to New York Novak faced llo jir in the US Open second round and led 6 to4 6 to4 2 to0 before his compatriot retired sending him into the last 32 thus jokovic delivered his Milestone 90th US Open Victory llo retired but Novak did not feel at his best either struggling with stomach issues and breathing heavily in harsh conditions at Arthur Ash Stadium jokovic served at only 47% facing eight break points and defending seven to keep the pressure on the other side llo fired 11 Aces but struggled behind the initial shot giving away almost half of the points in his games jir offered jokovic 10 break chances and lost serve four times trailing two sets and a break before ending his campaign llo hit more winners and unforced errors attacking but playing too many loose shots especially in the pivotal moments the opening set saw deuces in four games and eight break points lasting an hour Novak jokovic will play in the third round of the US Open for the 18th time jir survived in games two and four and missed his opportunities at 1 to1 Novak missed game points at 3 to3 and hit a double fault to face a break point jokovic denied it with a service winner and held keeping his initial shot intact they served well in the next two games and jir needed another fine service game at four to five Novak found the range on the return and generated three set points the more experienced Serb converted the first after laslo's loose backhand clinching the opener 6 to4 the second set lasted even longer with jir squandering the advantage and falling further behind Novak denied break points in the first game and missed his opportunity in the next one jokovic failed to bring the third game home and lost serve after Jar's deep return laslo produces two comfortable holds in games four and six leading 4 to2 and earning more opportunities on the return in game seven Novak stayed focused overcoming a 40 to5 deficit and holding to remain within one break deficit Jer squander game points at 3 to four and missed a volley losing serve and bringing jokovic back to 4 to4 Novak held in the ninth game and llo asked for a medical timeout struggling with a lower back injury jir served to stay in the set at 4 to five and missed a routine forehand losing sered for the second straight time and falling two sets to love behind after 2 hours and 9 Minutes Novak held at love with a backhand winner in the first game of the third set and broke laslo at love in the next one after the rivals double fault jir retired ending his US Open campaign and pushing jokovic into the last 32