Alcaraz's unexpected 'opponent': What could get him in trouble at the US Open?

Carlos Alcaraz is back in the place where he first got the upper handThe Spaniard won his first Grand Slam tournament in New York in 2022.

The Spanish superstar will try to forget his Olympic final with another major title at the fourth and final major of the calendar, the US Open.

The transition from the clay courts of the Olympic Games to the hard courts of Cincinnati did not go as smoothly as expected. when he lost to Gael Monfils in his debut in Ohio this year.

Alcaraz did not feel comfortable against the Frenchmanbecause he was no longer as accurate in long exchanges as he used to be and was no longer able to break his opponent's serve in the last two sets.

Carlito's will try to give his best performance at the US Open, where he was eliminated in the semifinals by Daniil Medvedev last year.

Alcaraz's most unexpected “opponent” at the US Open

The Russian, next to the current champion Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev will also fight to reach the final round and become champions in New York.

The Serb has fully recovered from his knee injury and is ready to defend his title, while Alcaraz will try to avenge his painful defeat in the final of the Olympic tennis tournament against Nole.

However, the Belgrade player was not his biggest challenge. but Carlos himself and his agendaThe El Palmar native has had only a few days off since the start of the French Open. play a lot of games and have little time to relax.

Although he spent a few days in Mallorca after winning the silver medal in Paris He quickly resumed training to prepare for the Cincinnati Open.

He dropped out early, but he did not have the time to rest physically and mentallyespecially after he smashed his racket and received criticism for it.

Today Alcaraz plays an exhibition matchThe Stars of the Open, with Andre Agassi against the duo Djokovic-John McEnroe. He will also I am currently taking part in some promotional events for Nike and BabolatAnd on Saturday he will be the star of the Children's Daywhere he spend time with young tennis fansand shortly thereafter he will compete in Flushing Meadows.