Djokovic to anchor night session on Day 1 of US Open Monday

pFans awaiting word on what time a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a will play his first-round match Monday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a now have their answer. The defending champion will play a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/radu-albot/a829/overview'Radu Albot/a under the lights of a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-ashe/a063/overview'Arthur Ashe/a Stadium, second match from 7:00 p.m. following the WTA match between Sloane Stephens and Clara Burel./p

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Djokovic, aiming for his fifth trophy at the American slam, has not competed since capturing the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a gold medal, which completed the 37-year-oldrsquo;s lsquo;Career Golden Slamrsquo;. Monday will mark Djokovicrsquo;s first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with tour-veteran Albot, World No. 138 in the PIF ATP Rankings./p

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Kickstarting the two-week tournament on Ashe will be a first-round blockbuster between 13th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a and 2020 titlist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominic-thiem/tb69/overview'Dominic Thiem/a. Last yearrsquo;s semi-finalist Shelton is on a fourth-round collision course with Djokovic, who ended the Americanrsquo;s dream run a year ago./p

pTwo-time a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a, seeded fourth, will also be first on at 11 a.m. local time against Finn a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/emil-ruusuvuori/rh24/overview'Emil Ruusuvuori/a. Sixth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a meets a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-seyboth-wild/sx91/overview'Thiago Seyboth Wild/a.nbsp;Other Top 10 seeds in action include 2022 finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a against China's a href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yunchaokete-bu/y09v/overview"Buyunchaokete/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a, who starts versus Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kyrian-jacquet/j0az/overview'Kyrian Jacquet/a./pp

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American No. 1 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a meets Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/camilo-ugo-carabelli/u182/overview'Camilo Ugo Carabelli/a on Louis Armstrong Stadium, where later 20th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a faces a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-kovacevic/k0az/overview'Aleksandar Kovacevic/a./p

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Fan favourite a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a clashes against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/diego-schwartzman/sm37/overview'Diego Schwartzman/a, who is competing in his farewell a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a./p

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