NEW YORK – There was only one small moment, just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, when the belief began to rise. Really, we all knew better: In pro tennis, lightning never strikes twice. The revolution never lasts more than a day. Every player, always, sinks or rises back to their proper level.
Still, the moment came Wednesday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium and there was no ignoring it. On serve in the second set with the momentum edging his way, career journeyman John Millman had just outhit, outendured, out-Novaked Novak Djokovic in a sapping 27-stroke rally, that there, for all the world to see, buckled the knees of the reigning Wimbledon champ, 13-time Grand Slam winner and world No.