NEW YORK — After sitting out more than four months nursing the injured right wrist that caused him to miss the French Open and Wimbledon, multiple major champion Carlos Alcaraz didn’t decide to return for the U.S. Open to be anything less than his Grand Slam-winning self.
“You’re going to see Carlitos playing the way he always has,” Alcaraz said.
The 23-year-old from Spain is set to play his first competitive singles match Monday since getting sidelined by the wrist injury in mid-April. He insists he has not changed anything about his mechanics and expressed confidence about physically feeling great.
“I need competition,” Alcaraz said Friday. “We, my team and me, believe that I’m ready. It wasn’t an easy decision. I just did whatever it took to be ready.”
Main-draw play for the singles brackets begins Sunday at the U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year.