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"Alexei Popyrin is getting closer and closer, knocking on the door": Djokovic

Defending champion Novak becomes first man to win 90 matches each at all four Grand Slams; enters Round Three after fellow Serbian Laslo Djere retires in third set

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Novak Djokovic returns to Laslo Djere on Day 3 of the US Open in New York on Wednesday. Pic/Getty Images

Novak Djokovic returns to Laslo Djere on Day 3 of the US Open in New York on Wednesday. Pic/Getty Images

Defending champion Novak Djokovic racked up his 90th win at the US Open on Wednesday by defeating Serb compatriot Laslo Djere who retired in the third set of their second round clash. Djokovic, a four-time champion at the tournament and seeking a record 25th Grand Slam title, was leading 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 when Djere called it quits. The World No. 109, who pushed his countryman to five sets in New York last year, had required a medical time-out to treat an injury just before dropping the second set. 

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