Novak Djokovic already made history at the Paris Olympics this summer, and he can make even more history at the U.S. Open.
Fresh from completing his career Golden Slam with his first Olympic title, Djokovic will be looking to win a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam singles title at the US Open.
The 37-year-old Serb is the defending champion and third seed behind Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain. Djokovic will not face either Sinner or Alcaraz until the final.
If Djokovic wins his fifth U.S. Open title, he will tie Margaret Court for the most Grand Slam singles titles and match the record for most U.S. Open men’s singles titles since the professional era, held by Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors.
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Djokovic has not played in a competitive match since beating Alcaraz in the Olympic final on August 4.
Sinner won a U.S. Open warm-up tournament in Cincinnati after which it was announced on Tuesday that he had tested positive twice in March for trace amounts of the anabolic steroid clostebol, but that umpires had found no fault or negligence on his part.
Tennis anti-doping authorities were investigating Sinner’s claim that Clostebol was inadvertently acquired when a physiotherapist used a commercial spray containing the substance to treat his own skin wounds and then gave Sinner daily massages without wearing gloves.
Both the investigating officer and another court accepted Sinner’s explanation; he was not suspended.
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