By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic was shocked at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz was, bowing out in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to 28th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia on Friday night.
“Just an awful match for me,” Djokovic said. “Tournaments like this happen.”
Not often for him, though. The second-seeded Djokovic was trying to become the first player in tennis history with 25 Grand Slam singles titles. Instead...