Carlos Alcaraz overcomes his doubts to make triumphant US Open return
Carlos Alcaraz played a competitive singles match for the first time in more than four months and did not appear to miss a beat, prevailing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 over Russia's Roman Safiullin to begin his US Open title defence in New York. Before the final Grand Slam of the season, the Spaniard hadn't played since the ATP 500 event in Barcelona last April, where he injured his right wrist. Alcaraz missed…
Carlo Alcaraz made an impressive return to competitive tennis at the US Open, defeating Russia's Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in just two hours and 22 minutes on Arthur Ashe Stadium. This win came after a four-month absence from the court, following a wrist injury sustained during the Barcelona ATP 500 event in April. Alcaraz, the current No. 2 seed, expressed his excitement at returning to Grand Slam tennis at his favorite tournament.
His next match will be against Portugal's Jaime Faria. In other matches, Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Naomi Osaka advanced to the second round, while Stefanos Tsitsipas won his first-round match against Arthur Fils.
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