NEW YORK (AP) — Three players retired from their U.S. Open men's singles matches on Saturday, making it seven who have bowed out of the field at the Grand Slam tournament because of injury.
Flavio Cobolli, Daniel Altmaier and Kamil Majchrzak exited mid-match in the third round a day after American Ben Shelton decided he could not keep playing because of a left shoulder injury. Sebastian Korda and Shang Juncheng called it in the first round, and fifth-seeded Jack Draper pulled out before playing his match in the second.
Hours after Shelton retired, Novak Djokovic shook off a back problem to beat Cam Norrie on Friday night and, at 38, become the oldest man to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open since Jimmy Connors was the same age in 1991.
Cobolli said Saturday he felt somethi