Carlos Alcaraz will return from a right wrist injury at the US Open as he aims to defend his title at Flushing Meadows.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion has not played on the ATP Tour since April, when he withdrew from the Barcelona Open with the wrist problem. He subsequently missed his French Open title defence and Wimbledon.
Alcaraz had been due to resume at the Cincinnati Open but withdrew from that event. Football transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano announced Alcaraz’s US Open comeback on Instagram, with both Romano and Alcaraz posting the news on social media. Alcaraz also shared Romano’s catchphrase “here we go” on X alongside a US flag.
Romano wrote on Instagram: “Here we go! Carlos Alcaraz will return to the tour at the US Open after spending four months sidelined with a right wrist injury. Ready to come back.”
Despite the lay-off, the Spaniard remains world No. 2. He beat Jannik Sinner in last year’s US Open final and began this season by winning the Australian Open. Earlier in the year he also won the ATP 500 Qatar Open and reached the Monte-Carlo Masters final before his injury.
Alcaraz, 23, will be chasing a third US Open crown later this month. He claimed his first major at Flushing Meadows in 2022, which lifted him to world No. 1, and won the tournament again last September.
Both Alcaraz and Sinner missed the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open. No male player since the start of the Masters era in 1990 has won the US Open without having competed in at least one of those two events.
The US Open has announced a record total prize fund of $108 million, a 20 percent increase for the second year running. The tournament begins in late August; broadcasts will start live on Sky Sports from August 30.