“Some agenda here?” – Tennis fans slam US Open for ‘disrespecting’ Novak Djokovic & other top players while highlighting Carlos Alcaraz in new poster

The new US Open poster, with a big Carlos Alcaraz image but a smaller one for Novak Djokovic, has angered several tennis fans online.

The US Open recently released its new poster ahead of the start of the tournament. The picture features defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek in the center, with all other participants, including Djokovic, in smaller dimensions.

The poster also has Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner, Casper Ruud, Andy Murray, Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur, and Venus Williams, as well as wheelchair tennis players.

The US Open posted the picture on Twitter and wrote:

"For all the marbles."

A number of tennis enthusiasts were not happy, in particular with the small space allotted to 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. They took to social media to air their grievances.

"Do you guys always do this on purpose? That is a disrespectful image to Djokovic. But he'll instead be pleased to see wheelchair players in the poster," one fan tweeted.

Another fan listed all the things that were wrong with the poster according to them.

"A lot of 'mistakes' in this poster. First one, Novak Djokovic, so small (23 GS and 3 US Open, N2, next N1 maybe, GOAT), the same size than Ruud ; Sabalenka, smaller than Venus Williams,...I could go on but I'm tired. And tired of disrespectful stuff like this," they wrote.

One user speculated that Alcaraz was in the spotlight because of an "agenda."

"Novak, Murray, Venus - all much smaller than lil' crampion Alcaraz... Could there be some sort of agenda here," they tweeted.

Here are a few more fan reactions to the new US Open poster:

"I felt sad for not being able to participate" - Novak Djokovic reflects on his absence from US Open last year

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Novak Djokovic addressed the media ahead of the US Open, which begins on Monday, August 28. The Serb said he was not angry for not being allowed to compete at Flushing Meadows last year, but rather felt "sad."

"No, there was no anger. It was last year during the Open that I felt it's a pity that I'm not there. I felt sad for not being able to participate," he said.

Djokovic added that his attention was firmly focused on this year's tournament.

"But this year, I mean, is this year. I don't think about what happened in the last year or last couple of years. Just focusing my attention to this year's tournament," he added.

The World No. 2 will begin his campaign against France's Alexandre Muller on Monday.