Novak defaulted from US Open after unintentionally hitting a linesperson with a ball
Top seed and three-time former champion has been disqualified from his US Open fourth-round match against Pablo Carreno Busta, after accidentally hitting a ball at a linesperson.
US Open 2020: Novak powers into last 16
Novak beat German no.28 seed Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in Arthur Ashe Stadium in one hour and 42 minutes on Friday night to reach the US Open fourth round. He will next play 20th seed Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain, against whom he holds a 3-0 H2H career mark.
Novak moves into Round 3 at the 2020 US Open
Men's top seed advanced to the US Open third round after edging Kyle Edmund in 4 sets, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Djokovic, who extended his unbeaten 2020 record to 25 matches, faces Jan-Lennard Struff on Friday night for a place in the last 16.
2020 US Open draw revealed: Novak vs Dzumhur in R1
The US Open Championship is the second major tournament of the 2020 season, as the Roland Garros was postponed and Wimbledon Championships cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be Novak’s 15th appearance in New York, where he lifted the trophy in 2011, 2015 and 2018.
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