{"id":122325,"date":"2025-09-08T06:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/122325\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T06:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:52:09","slug":"novak-djokovic-posts-four-word-message-on-instagram-after-losing-to-carlos-alcaraz-at-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/122325\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic posts four word message on Instagram after losing to Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Once again at a Grand Slam event, the curtain has come down on the tournament for Novak Djokovic. <\/p>\n<p>You have to go back to 2023 to find Djokovic toasting a Grand Slam success and after his semifinal defeat to Carlos Alcaraz, there are more questions than answers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/former-world-number-one-says-novak-djokovic-has-no-chance-of-winning-another-grand-slam-after-exiting-the-us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic has been written off in terms of winning another major title,<\/a> and with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in irresistible form, it does feel like a long shot. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/ryan-harrison-really-hopes-novak-djokovic-did-not-hear-what-carlos-alcaraz-said-after-beating-him-at-the-us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Harrison expressed sympathy for Djokovic<\/a> after his crushing defeat to Alcaraz in the semifinal, and it will be interesting to see where the Serbian player goes from here. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/novak-djokovic-told-hes-done-something-ludicrous-at-grand-slams-this-year-despite-failing-to-win-a-title\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic has been told during the US Open that he\u2019s doing great things<\/a> at 38, but with each passing year, the elusive 25th Grand Slam title is becoming harder to grab. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233236009-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic at the US Open.\" class=\"wp-image-127415\" \/>Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty ImagesNovak Djokovic posts message on Instagram after US Open exit<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic will now go away and ponder when to make a return to competitive tennis, with the end-of-season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp-finals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP Finals<\/a> likely to be in his sights. <\/p>\n<p>Reaching semifinals at all four of the Grand Slam events is no mean feat, but for a serial winner like Djokovic, it\u2019s unlikely to scratch the itch. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic<\/a> looked completely resigned during the third set against Alcaraz and cut the look of a man who knows that his chances of winning major honours are growing slimmer by the month in this sport. <\/p>\n<p>Still, Djokovic is in good spirits, it would seem, and posted a positive message on social media after exiting the tournament at the expense of Alcaraz. <\/p>\n<p>Djokovic would benefit from drop in rankings<\/p>\n<p>This might sound a little bit crazy, but hear us out. <\/p>\n<p>Right now, Djokovic is running into the irresistible Sinner or Alcaraz at the semifinal stage, and the matches are coming when he\u2019s already played five times. <\/p>\n<p>If he were to drop down the rankings and play these two players earlier in major tournaments, he would be fresher in terms of fitness and could make more of a fist of winning these matches. <\/p>\n<p>It does feel like Djokovic will play on a little while longer and now it will be fascinating to see if he can get over the line and get himself to Grand Slam title number 25. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once again at a Grand Slam event, the curtain has come down on the tournament for Novak Djokovic.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[6766,101,118,56,54,55,6545],"class_list":{"0":"post-122325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-novak-djokovic","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom","14":"tag-us-open"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}