{"id":2077620,"date":"2026-08-04T23:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2077620"},"modified":"2026-08-04T23:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:37:27","slug":"carlos-alcarazs-agonising-decision-throws-his-us-open-comeback-plan-into-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2077620","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz&#8217;s agonising decision throws his US Open comeback plan into doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s agonising decision throws his US Open comeback plan into doubt<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/kevin-palmer\" class=\"text-sm font-normal 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                         <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> appeared to be making good progress in his attempts to make a comeback to tennis this month, but his hopes of playing at the US Open have been thrown into doubt after he was forced to pull out of next week\u2019s Cincinnati Masters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> has not played a competitive match since injuring his wrist in the Barcelona Open clay court event in April.<\/p>\n<p>He was forced to pull out of his defence of the French Open and Wimbledon with the problem, but stated his intention to make a comeback in Cincinnati, where he is the defending champion.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning US Open champion posted images of him hitting balls with more ferocity in recent days and that raised hopes that he may be able to return imminently.<\/p>\n<p>Yet an announcement from Cincinnati Open chiefs late on Tuesday ended those hopes, as they released a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcarazs-new-hair-cut-mixed-reaction\">Verdict is in on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s eye-catching new haircut \u2013 and it\u2019s not all positive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alexander-zverev-says-who-he-prefers-playing-out-of-carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinner\">Alexander Zverev says who he prefers playing out of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Cincinnati Open,\u201d read the official statement. \u201cWishing all the best to our 2025 champion in his recovery process. Can\u2019t wait to welcome you next year!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tournament director Bob Moran added his comments on the news as he said: \u201cWe know Carlos is doing everything he can to get back to playing tournaments as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish him the best with his recovery and look forward to welcoming him back to Cincinnati in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz will now have a big decision to make over whether he attempts to compete at the US Open, where he will have 2,000 ranking points to defend after his win against Jannik Sinner in last year\u2019s final at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>Tellingly, Alcaraz\u2019s name has not been added to the growing list of players who will be competing in the mixed doubles event the week before the main draw at the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>So it remains to be seen whether Alcaraz will have a chance to play in New York or whether he will have to postpone his return from what is clearly a serious wrist problem.<\/p>\n<p>Former British No 1 Greg Rusedski has stated his belief that Alcaraz will only play at the US Open if he proves his fitness in the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have any chance to play at the US Open, he\u2019s gotta play Cincinnati,\u201d he declared on the edition of his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FRQa1UbPHZI\"> Off Court with Greg Rusedski podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he doesn\u2019t play Cincinnati, we know the US Open isn\u2019t gonna happen and he\u2019s been away from the game for very, very long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got to be smart with it because the fact he\u2019s got to get his volume up to a certain level and you don\u2019t want to rush it back too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 12-day event in Cincinnati might actually help him because the fact that he can have a few more breaks in between matches, but this is still a huge question mark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like you\u2019re playing a two-out-of-three major. So for the women\u2019s, it\u2019s a little bit easier because when you go into the majors, it\u2019s like a regular week with a guaranteed day off every week is two out of three sets. To make the jump up to three out of five sets is tough for the men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-schedule-what-tournaments-signed-up-tennis-return\">Carlos Alcaraz schedule: What tournaments has the Spaniard signed up to for tennis return?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s agonising decision throws his US Open comeback plan into doubt Kevin Palmer 05 Aug 2026 12:37 AM Carlos Alcaraz attends a press conference Carlos Alcaraz appeared to be making good progress in his attempts to make a comeback to tennis this month, but his hopes of playing at the US Open have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2077620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2077620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2077620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2077620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2077620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}