After an Olympic stumble Novak Djokovic will get a second bite at history in the Big Apple with a calendar year Grand Slam there for the taking at the U.S. Open.
Having seen his bid for a Golden Slam - Olympic gold and four slams in the same year - wilt in the Tokyo heat, Djokovic arrives in New York positioned to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win the Australian and French Open titles plus Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year.
Between them the trio have claimed 12 of the last 17 U.S. Opens. Only twice over that period has a final not featured at least one of them.While Djokovic has idled since the Tokyo Olympics, his biggest threats Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev have been building up a head of steam going into the year's final Grand Slam.
"I don’t want to get ahead of myself yet," said Zverev following his Cincinnati win. "Let's see how it goes ... I still have a lot of work ahead of me."As the U.S Open approaches there is a growing sense that Flushing Meadows will deliver a breakthrough moment. After each of his Grand Slam wins Djokovic has applauded his opponent, encouraging them that their day will come.But even with complaints of fatigue, a sore shoulder and an ill-tempered racket-tossing meltdown in Tokyo, few will be betting against Djokovic in New York.
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