I'm sure you've heard the news Novak jokovic is out of the US Open in a shocking upset let's break it down defending Champion Novak jokovic was taken down by Australia's alexe paperin in a thrilling third round match papyon ranked number 28 clinched the victory 6 46 42664 after nearly 3 and 1 half hours on court this marks jovic's first third round exit at the US Open since 2006 he recently snagged gold at the Olympics but admitted to feeling drained both mentally and physically jokovic struggled with his serve racking up 14 double faults meanwhile poyin kept his cool capitalizing on jovic's errors and controlling the pace this win propels papin into the fourth round where he'll face American Francis tifo it's a career milestone for papyon marking his first appearance in the round of 16 at a grand slam as for jokovic it's back to the drawing board as he gears up for the 2025 season stay tuned for more updates from the US Open