{"id":105652,"date":"2025-08-29T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/105652\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:16:07","slug":"zachary-svajda-sends-message-to-novak-djokovic-on-instagram-after-being-knocked-out-of-the-us-open-by-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/105652\/","title":{"rendered":"Zachary Svajda sends message to Novak Djokovic on Instagram after being knocked out of the US Open by him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Novak Djokovic\u2019s 19th campaign at the US Open continued after he emerged victorious over home hope Zachary Svajda in four sets. <\/p>\n<p>The young American was off to a dream start when he drew first blood in the match by taking the first set off the 24-time Grand Slam champion in a tiebreak. <\/p>\n<p>His lead did not last for long, however, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/novak-djokovic-and-adrian-mannarino-have-achieved-something-for-the-first-time-in-tennis-history-at-the-us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic fought back to win<\/a> the bout with a quick response, clinching the following three sets in comfortable fashion, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. <\/p>\n<p>Though he walked away empty-handed, Svajda enjoyed an impressive performance against the four-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a> champion and sent a message to his conqueror after exiting the tournament. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2232404268-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic shakes hands with Zachary Svajda after their 2025 US Open match\" class=\"wp-image-124823\" \/>Photo by Al Bello\/Getty ImagesZachary Svajda\u2019s message to Novak Djokovic after exiting the US Open<\/p>\n<p>In his on-court interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/what-novak-djokovic-said-to-zachary-svajda-at-the-net-after-winning-their-us-open-second-round-match\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic revealed he wished Svajda the best<\/a> in the future at the net and acknowledged his struggle with an injury towards the end of the second set. <\/p>\n<p>The next day, the 22-year-old took to social media to say: \u201cLittle kid me wouldn\u2019t believe this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSharing the court with my idol @djokernole. Grateful for these special moments and support,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Svajda had earned his place in the main draw after coming through qualifying and secured a straight-sets victory in the first round to set up a clash with the Serbian legend. <\/p>\n<p>Zachary Svajda\u2019s results on the ATP Tour this year<\/p>\n<p>Though Svajda\u2019s season has been spent largely at Challenger events, he has competed at a number of ATP Tour-level competitions.<\/p>\n<p>After just missing out on a place in the main draw of the Australian Open, he qualified for the Delray Beach Open in February, an ATP 250 event, but fell to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Cam-Norrie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Norrie<\/a> in the first round. <\/p>\n<p>He claimed his first victory on the tour at the Washington Open, after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round, but was then defeated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Jiri-Lehecka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jiri Lehecka<\/a> in round two.<\/p>\n<p>At the US Open, he claimed just the second Grand Slam victory of his career over Zsombor Piros. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic\u2019s 19th campaign at the US Open continued after he emerged victorious over home hope Zachary Svajda&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,2083,82,593,2084,60360],"class_list":{"0":"post-105652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-novak-djokovic","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-us-open","14":"tag-zachary-svajda"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}