Novak Djokovic has suffered a shock first-round exit at the 2026 US Open after losing to Argentina’s Mariano Navone in a gruelling five-set encounter at Flushing Meadows.

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