Djokovic will start against a rival of the previous one at the US Open

Novak Djokovic I already know which way he will have to advance if he wants to be champion of the US Open 2021 (August 30 to September 12) and break the men's record for Grand Slam titles, with 21, in the absence of Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer, with whom he is now tied at 20. The Serbian will start this year against a rival from the previous one and if he does it successfully, by ranking he could meet the German Struff in the second round, with the Belgian Goffin in third, with the Australian De Miñaur in the second round and, from there, curves, because In the quarterfinals, the Italian Berrettini, against whom he played and won the Wimbledon final last July, could wait for him, and in the semifinals he would meet Alexander Zverev, who has beaten him three times in nine games. Then there would be a hypothetical final against the number two in the world, Daniil Medvedev, who arrives in good shape and aspires to snatch the one from him.

The Russian will face the French Gasquet at the beginning, and later the German Koepfer would be on his route., the Croatian Cilic, the Bulgarian Dimitrov, the Norwegian Ruud and his compatriot Rublev, who beat him just a few days ago in Cincinnati, before an expected meeting with Djokovic.

As for the Spaniards, Pablo Carreño, seed number 9, waits for an opponent from the previous one, and then he would see Basilashvili, Opelka, Shapovalov and Zverev to try to meet again in the semifinals with Djokovic, whom he beat by disqualification last year in New York, and a few weeks ago at the Tokyo Games. Bautista, on the other hand, has the unpredictable Australian Nick Kyrgios in one of the most interesting duels of the first round along with the one between Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Alejandro Davidovich will face the French Simon; Pablo Andújar will face a qualifier, like Carlos Taberner and Feliciano López; Carlos Alcaraz will meet the British Norrie; Pedro Martínez, with the Australian Duckworth; Roberto Carballés with the American Paul; Albert Ramos with the French Pouille and Jaume Munar with the Russian Karatsev.