India, Sept. 1 -- It was two years ago at the very same Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows in New York, where Novak Djokovic won his last Grand Slam title. While the Serb was primed to redefine tennis history, with experts taking a guess at the exact tally that he could touch before drawing curtains on his illustrious career, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner stormed into the scene to share all the next eight Slams. As Djokovic reached the quarters at the 2025 US Open on Monday with a straight-sets victory over Jan-Lennard Struff on Arthur Ashe Stadium in one hour, 55 minutes, he said he is "dreaming" of a "full-circle" moment in New York, which would cap off his "greatest achievement" thus far.

The comfortable win in the round of 16...