In the year 2020, Novak Djokovic, continuing his success campaign, entered the third round of the US Open tennis tournament with a simple victory. The Serbian superstar may have suffered a defeat in the first set, but then went on to win 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in a one-sided manner over Britain's Kyle Edmund.
In the absence of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, Djokovic is the strongest Grand Slam candidate of the year. Djokovic, a 33-year-old world number one player, holds the third position in the list of highly single Grand Slam champions with 17 titles. While Rafael Nadal of Spain is in second position and Roger Federer of Switzerland is on first position.
In addition, fifth seed Alexander Zverev also entered the third round, trailing US wildcard striker Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 6-7 (8/10), 6-3, 6-1. Seventh seed David Goffin of Belgium also emerged victorious in the third round. This mid-2018 women's winner Naomi Osaka reached the third round by defeating Italy's Kamila Jiroji in a direct set. With this, by achieving this victory, he has attained achievement on behalf of him.
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