Star-studded pairing Djokovic and Sabalenka stunned in US Open mixed doubles

NEW YORK, Aug 25 : Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka suffered an early exit from the U.S. Open mixed doubles on Tuesday, falling 1-4 4-2 10-2 to Henry Patten and Katerina Siniakova in their opening match.Djokovic, a 24-times Grand Slam singles champion, and four-times major winner Sabalenka made a strong start by taking the opening set. But Patten and doubles specialist Siniakova hit back to claim the second before dominating the tiebreak to secure a place in the quarter-finals.Siniakova sealed the upset in style with an ace out wide on match point, ending the tournament hopes of the star-studded pairing."It wasn't looking very good for a while, in this format we play one bad game and all of a sudden the first set's gone," Patten said. "We knew the same could happen in the secon