The Latest Breaking News from Novak Djokovic

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Julia Macfarlane, Abdulwahab Tahhan and Suchandrika Chakrabarti.

Novak Djokovic overcame a two-set deficit to beat Laslo Djere 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open, avoiding his earliest exit since 2006. Despite being countrymen, Djokovic managed to read Djere's game and seize control of the match, eventually winning in a 3 1/2…

The biggest surprise was delivered by Zhang Zhizhen, who stunned last year’s runner-up and world number five Casper Ruud 6-4 5-7 6-2 0-6 6-2 to became the first Chinese man to beat a top-five player since the introduction of the ATP rankings in 1973.

Novak Djokovic through as Lily Miyazaki’s fairytale of New York reaches an end.

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek progressed in straight sets but No 7 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was stunned by world No 128 Dominic Stricker

Second seed Novak Djokovic is also safely through to round three after demolishing Spain’s Bernabe Zapata Miralles.

Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek are all in action at Flushing Meadows

Carlos Alcaraz has surrendered the number one world ranking but got his U.S. Open title defence off to an easy start as injured German Dominik Koepfer retired against the 20-year-old top seed.

The 36-year-old has become the eighth man to register 200 grand slam victories.