Summary Novak Djokovic has the night feature match Thursday in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
NEW YORK (AFP) - World number one Novak Djokovic has the night feature match Thursday in Arthur Ashe Stadium as the history-chasing top seed tries to reach the third round of the US Open.
The 34-year-old Serbian will face 121st-ranked Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor for a berth in the third round on the New York hardcourts.
Djokovic would complete the first men s calendar-year Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969 by winning the US Open and capture his 21st career Slam title, giving him the all-time lead by one over rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, both out with injuries.
A victory would put Djokovic only five matches shy of the stunning feat.
Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty of Australia opens the day session at Ashe when she faces Denmark s Clara Tauson. Barty seeks her third career Grand Slam title and second in a row after capturing Wimbledon in July.
Germany s fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev, the Tokyo Olympic champion, has the second match on Ashe against Spain s Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
The final Ashe match following Djokovic will send Czech fourth seed Karolina Pliskova against American Amanda Anisimova.
An all-Canadian night session at Louis Armstrong Stadium finds sixth-seeded Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, facing American Lauren Davis before seventh seed Denis Shapovalov meets Spain s Roberto Carballes Baena.
Italian sixth seed Matteo Berrettini, this year s Wimbledon runner-up, plays France s Corentin Moutet in the second match on the Grandstand.
Japan s Kei Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up, faces American Mackenzie McDonald in the third match on Court 17 seeking revenge for a Washington semi-final loss last month. The winner books a potential third-round matchup against Djokovic.
