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Novak Djokovic was disqualified at the US Open, the main favorite for the title is out.
This means that even before the quarterfinals begin, there will be a historic champion this year. Because: Of the remaining participants, there is not a single tennis professional who has won a Grand Slam tournament.
But that’s not all: the new winner of the US Open will also be a player born in the 1990s or 2000s. There has never been a Grand Slam like that, incredible as it may sound.
The quarterfinals are also something special. For the second time in the Open Era, not a single Major League champion made it to the last eight round.
Zverev expects a hit
One of the quarterfinals is Alexander Zverev. After the inglorious top seed Djokovic, the German can calculate his chances of landing a big shot. Because with the Serbian, whom Zverev could have faced in the semifinals, the best seeded is no longer.
On paper, the hope of German tennis (fifth in New York) with Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev is now one of the best contenders for the title.
“There are no more former Grand Slam champions in the raffle,” says Zverev, whose chances of winning the tournament have certainly not diminished due to Djokovic-Aus. Now it is “really interesting,” said the 23-year-old: “One of the young men will win if Dominic Thiem is counted among the boys.”
Federer and Nadal are missing
Because Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did not participate in the tournament, neither of the “Big 3” will triumph at the US Open for the first time since 2016. At that time Stan Wawrinka had won.
And it is even the first time since 2004 that neither Federer, Djokovic or Nadal are in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam.
Djokovic was disqualified after he disturbed a backward ball against Pablo Carreño Busta in the first set in the first set with a score of 5: 6 and hit a linesman on the neck.
