The exit is the 39-year-old’s first in the opening round of a major since Paul Goldstein beat him at the Australian Open in 2006

The 39-year-old Djokovic hadn’t lost in the first round of a major since early in his career, in 2006.

TAMARA PRENN IN NEW YORK: Not since the 2006 Australian Open has the Serbian serial champion fallen at the first time of asking at a major