Navone stuns Djokovic as Parry and Buse take titles as US Open opens

Navone's exit of Novak Djokovic was the week's sharpest result. Mariano Navone beat the No. 4 seed 7-6(5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in 4 hours 36 minutes at the US Open. ATP reported that Djokovic vomited several times and struggled to move during the match. The defeat was Djokovic's first first-round loss at a major since the 2006 Australian Open. 1

This issue covers Aug. 24-31, 2026, through the 10:00 UTC Monday cutoff. The US Open first round was still in progress in New York; the Winston-Salem and Monterrey finals were complete.

Navone's win changed the men's bracket before the tournament had reached its second day. Navone had been 0-4 in five-set matches before beating Djokovic. He earned 17 break points and converted six, while Djokovic made 70 unforced errors to Navone's 34. Those figures come from ATP's match report. 1

The other selected completed men's results from Sunday included Daniil Medvedev's 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over Hugo Gaston, Jiri Lehecka's 6-1, 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2 win over Pablo Carreno Busta, and Tommy Paul's 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 win over Coleman Wong. 2

The women's opening day was steadier. Seeds won six of seven completed seeded matchups. Elina Svitolina beat Solana Sierra 6-1, 6-2; Marta Kostyuk beat Storm Hunter 6-4, 6-1; Jasmine Paolini beat Veronika Erjavec 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; and Ekaterina Alexandrova beat McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-2. 3

Karolina Pliskova also came back from 6-2, 5-2 down and saved a match point before beating Hanne Vandewinkel 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Donna Vekic beat Talia Gibson 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, while Leylah Fernandez beat Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-2. 3

The draw was still at the first-round stage at the cutoff. The women's first round runs Aug. 30-Sept. 1, followed by the second round on Sept. 2-3. 6

Monday's order of play remained scheduled at 10:00 UTC. The listed fixtures included Carlos Alcaraz vs. Roman Safiullin, Ben Shelton vs. Tallon Griekspoor, Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Arthur Fils, and Frances Tiafoe vs. Martin Damm on the men's side. The women's schedule included Aryna Sabalenka vs. Camila Osorio, Naomi Osaka vs. Anastasia Zakharova, and Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang. 7

Ignacio Buse beat Arthur Fery 6-3, 6-2 in the Winston-Salem final on Aug. 29. Buse collected his second ATP Tour trophy of the season and became the youngest champion in the tournament's history. Arthur Fery reached the final without dropping a set. 4

The final also carried a ranking consequence. Buse rose to a career-high No. 30 in the PIF ATP Rankings. Fery reached a career-high No. 33 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings and became British No. 1 on Monday. 4

Diane Parry beat No. 2 seed Elise Mertens 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 in the Monterrey final on Aug. 29. The match lasted 2 hours 31 minutes. Parry won her first WTA singles title after making a last-minute decision to travel to Monterrey, and she recorded five Top 50 wins during the week. 5

Parry was ranked World No. 50 during the tournament. The accessible official report does not give a dated post-title position, so this issue keeps the ranking statement at the level the source supports. 5

The official ATP rankings page was blocked by Cloudflare, and the official WTA rankings page returned a shell without a dated table. The available first-party event reports verify the named movements above. A complete ATP and WTA top-30 rank-change table, including weekly points earned or lost and notable movers outside the top 30, remains unavailable for this cutoff.

The US Open supplies the entire immediate handoff. The women's first round continues through Sept. 1, and the second round runs Sept. 2-3. The women's third round follows on Sept. 4-5, with the fourth round on Sept. 6-7. 6

For the next read, the practical questions are whether the remaining top seeds join Djokovic on the early-exit list, which of the opening-day winners reaches the second week, and how Buse, Fery, and Parry appear in the next published ranking tables. The 2026 US Open runs Aug. 30-Sept. 13 in New York. 7