Novak Djokovic stunned by Alexei Popyrin| Analysis | US Open 2024

Intro massive US Open upset Novak jokovic stunned by a extremely hot Alexa paperin here are my three quick takeaways as to why Novak lost that match the last two nights of the US Open have been absolutely wild Carlos alaras complete shocker no one saw that coming and then you got the very next night Novak out as well he did lose to an extremely aggressive and extremely hot Alexa paperin but still seeing novat lose on the third round which he hasn't done in the US Open since 2006 that's almost two decades of absolute consistency and making it past the third round to try to compete in the US Open on top of that with Novak losing this year this makes the very first year since 2002 that none of the big three has won a single Grand Slam title in a calendar year so first Key Takeaway #1 of all you got to give credit to Alexi he was absolutely on fire he won the Canadian open so he was feeling really good about himself coming in to the US open and then he he's going up against Novak jokovic Novak himself said in the interview after the loss that it wasn't his best tennis he didn't have it in him but when you're going up against a guy like alexe who's again like I said aely on fire and feeling really good about himself on the hard course then it was in a recipe for disaster for sure so great job by alexe coming in facing Novak facing that crowd the pressure that comes in on facing on a center stage and keeping his composure and actually sticking to his game plan and executing as well so well done and great job by him the second key takeaway for Key Takeaway #2 me from that game was essentially Novak's age and fatigue it was a combination of both he played four major tournaments in the span of three months the French Open he went quarter finals a grueling tournament cu the knee injury he took some time off got ready for Wimbledon again made it to the finals lost that the emotional Olympic final where he won that and the emotion you saw from him that coming out just emotionally draining right and then to get ready again at his age and even mentally speaking to get ready for a US Open to try to put your body through that I just didn't think at the age of 37 his body responded to the way it might have if he was a lot younger and Key Takeaway #3 the last key takeaway for me from the US Open after it finished the Novak lost was I saw an end of Novak's dominance uh for the first time this entire year if you look at minus the Olympic gold ble his record according to Novak standard wasn't at the level that you would expect from Novak for anybody else it would be a great season but for someone like Novak who has been pretty much dominant and consistent throughout every single major tournament since 2010 2011 is just seeing that his body not being able to respond in those tough difficult situations when you're mentally not there and you somehow you got to pull yourself together so I just thought that this signaled the entire season did but this US Open third round which he hasn't lost again like I said since 2006 this the first time he's losing in third round since 2006 in the US Open so it does start showing hints of what we might expect from him going forward that we might not be able to see the same level of dominance that he once displayed so now that Novak and Carlos are both out let me know in the comments below who you might think might be the favorite to win the US Open this year