Novak Djokovic out of US Open after playing ‘some of the worst tennis’

Djokovic bowed out of the US Open in the third round as he lost 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 to Alexei Popyrin.

Novak Djokovic crashed out of the US Open at the third-round stage (Julia Nikhinson/AP)

Novak Djokovic said he “played some of the worst tennis I have ever played” after he followed Carlos Alcaraz in crashing out of the US Open.

Alcaraz was the subject of one of the tournament’s biggest upsets when he was dumped out by world number 76 Botic van De Zandschulp on Thursday night.