There were a few moments on the tennis court Wednesday Zach Svadja will never forget, no matter how many matches he wins or tournaments he plays.

For an hour in the largest stadium in the sport, the 22-year-old San Diegan stood right up to the greatest player in the sport’s history, Novak Djokovic.

Svadja snagged the first set in a tiebreak and the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd roared.

Thousands of people who didn’t know Svadja and certainly couldn’t have spelled his name earlier that morning were suddenly starting to believe that maybe, possibly, he could be the one to take down Djokovic.

There was another moment a half hour later, when Svadja, blasting backhands and pinpoint serves, broke the 24-time Grand Slam champion and went up 3-1 in the third set.

But that seemed to flip a switch

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