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                  Carlos Alcaraz with Patrick Mouratoglou inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Leading coach Patrick Mouratoglou has assessed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> is going to be \u201cway too short\u201d on preparation to play the 2026 US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz has been practising as he works his way towards a return to the tour, having been sidelined since April due to a right wrist injury.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam champion pulled out of the Cincinnati Masters, and he is yet to confirm when he will make his comeback.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old Spaniard remains on the entry list for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a>, which will get underway in less than two weeks, but it is unclear whether he will try to defend his crown in New York.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted on his Instagram account, Mouratoglou said there are \u201cgood reasons to be optimistic\u201d about Alcaraz, but he cast doubt over the Spaniard\u2019s US Open hopes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand people were surprised when Carlos withdrew from Cincinnati because they think, \u2018Oh, he can hit the ball, he should be able to compete.\u2019 It\u2019s not that simple,\u201d said the Frenchman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are good reasons to be optimistic. It\u2019s great to see Carlos practising, hitting the ball, being intense and everything. It looks like a normal preparation.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-usopen-warning-wrist-injury\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz sent big warning as he weighs up \u2018risky\u2019 US Open decision<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-us-open-training-update\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz \u2018trained at 55% last week\u2019, says Spanish tennis legend<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing is, this happened just a few days ago, and a Grand Slam is around the corner, and did he start early enough?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, he\u2019s probably super tired, super sore. He should be able to do that for two, three weeks in a row to be ready for a Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe preparation is going to be way too short. When you\u2019re out for such a long time, hitting the ball that hard every single day, to come back to it, it\u2019s painful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need time for the body to get used to it and even more in competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a lot of footage of him hitting from the baseline. We don\u2019t see him serve fully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you serve full power, this is where the wrist works the most and this is probably the most traumatic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, in general, you wait before starting to serve fully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-protected-cincinnati-open-greg-rusedski\">Greg Rusedski says Novak Djokovic \u2018has to be protected\u2019 after what happened at Cincinnati Open<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz sent brutally honest US Open message by Patrick Mouratoglou Ewan West 17 Aug 2026 2:30 PM Carlos Alcaraz with Patrick Mouratoglou inset Leading coach Patrick Mouratoglou has assessed that Carlos Alcaraz is going to be \u201cway too short\u201d on preparation to play the 2026 US Open. 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