Alcaraz and Djokovic upsets rock the U.S. Open draw | The Break

it's upset City at the US Open after Carlos and Novak crash out early we're looking ahead at how the draw could unfold and who could make a breakthrough in New York and one thing we're not upset about is this Us open Sunday lineup we're running through the matches you don't want to miss the break starts now hey everyone I'm Andrew guy you're watching the break Novak Carlos hubber Steph Ben sebbi these big upsets have rocked the US Open draw and created an opening for a new major semi-finalist before we get to that let's break down what this means historically with Novak's loss 2024 marks the first year since 2002 that Federer Nadal or jokovic didn't win at least one major 22 consecutive years of dominance comes to an end Novak hadn't lost before the fourth round at a major since 2017 and hadn't exited the US Open before round four since 2006 16 straight fourth round showings ends at the hands of Aussie Alexi paperin and if you're wondering who defeated Novak at that 2007 US Open it was Aussie Leighton hwit Pap rin's upset came less than 24 hours after Carlos alcaraz crashed out in round two the Spaniard said after the match that he was not well mentally and that he felt he'd taken steps backwards after winning Roland garos and Wimbledon no back and Carlos were joined in their early exits by seven seed Hubert horage 11 seed Stephanos cipas and 16 seed Sebastian Corda now 13 seed Ben Shelton also lost in round three but we don't necessarily consider that an upset since he lost to tifo all this means we'll have a firsttime major semi-finalist in New York in contention for a debut slam semi-final are Jack Draper Tomas mahot Alex deonar Dan Evans Mato arnaldi and Jord Thompson whoever makes it to the last four will have to get through yanx CER if they want to make the final who do you think has the best shot let us know down below middle weekend at a major means a Full Slate of fourth round matches and we couldn't be happier about it let's head to New York to preview the Sunday schedule kokoa and Emma Navaro will face off in their second consecutive major fourth round now it was Navaro who got the win over gof at Wimbledon we'll see if Koko can get some Revenge at the open Paul bosu will play yafan Wong in round four Paula fell out of the top 100 in April after injuries took her away from the game but this summer has been a success for the Spaniard she's won 15 of her last 18 matches and is firmly back inside the top 30 and finally Americans Taylor Fritz and Francis TFO are in action Sunday as they play Casper Roode and Alexi paperin respectively we all know pin's Name by now after his win over Novak we'll see if Francis can get through the big hitting Aussie tennis channels daily US Open coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern time with TC live we'll see you tomorrow

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