{"id":2110779,"date":"2026-08-25T14:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2110779"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:30:18","slug":"boris-becker-gives-honest-opinion-on-carlos-alcarazs-us-open-return-and-title-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2110779","title":{"rendered":"Boris Becker gives honest opinion on Carlos Alcaraz&#8217;s US Open return and title chances"},"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\">Boris Becker gives honest opinion on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s US Open return and title chances<\/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\/ewan-west\" class=\"text-sm 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Alcaraz with Boris Becker inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Tennis icon Boris Becker has shared his thoughts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>\u2019s comeback and revealed if he thinks the Spanish star is the favourite to win the 2026 US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz is set to make his long-awaited return from a right wrist injury in the mixed doubles event at the US Open, where he will partner Serena Williams.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time major champion, who has not played since 14 April, will then compete in the men\u2019s singles tournament at Flushing Meadows, which will begin on Sunday 30 August.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is the reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> champion, while he triumphed at the 2026 Australian Open in his most recent Grand Slam appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with former WTA world No 9 on the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZYocWMR0ZhI\" target=\"_blank\">Becker Petkovic<\/a> podcast, Becker addressed\u00a0whether it is a risk for Alcaraz to make his return in the best-of-five set format.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat other choice did he have? At some point, he has to jump back into the deep end. Best-of-five, and especially in the New York heat on hard courts, it\u2019s not the ideal time to come back,\u201d said the six-time Grand Slam winner (translated from German).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, he\u2019s not the top favourite. It would already be a huge success for him if he makes it to the second week. He would have won three best-of-five set matches, and he could say his wrist is holding up.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-speaks-us-open-comeback-2026\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz speaks out about US Open comeback and reveals what he has \u2018missed\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinner-told-what-they-must-do-to-avoid-early-retirement\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner sent strong warning about how to \u2018prolong\u2019 their careers<\/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>\u201cBut I\u2019m incredibly happy to finally see Carlos Alcaraz back on a tennis court. We missed him, we missed his smile, we missed his tennis IQ, and his artistry. And I\u2019m crossing my fingers that he\u2019s fit enough to at least play the first round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Becker expressed his surprise at the fact that Alcaraz is the bookmakers\u2019 favourite to win the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it surprising that [the bookmakers] still see Alcaraz as the favourite. Yes, the odds aren\u2019t quite as good anymore, but he\u2019s still number one,\u201d said the former world No 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I see it completely differently. To emphasise again, the four-month break is damn long. There\u2019s an old saying that you need at least half of the length of your injury break to get back to where [you were when] you had to stop because of the injury. That would be in two months. I don\u2019t wish that on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, it would be completely utopian if he reached his best form at the US Open already. Although, even an Alcaraz not in top form can beat one or two opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The German added: \u201cTo this day, we don\u2019t know exactly what [injury] he had. He slowly fought his way back. All eyes are on Alcaraz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/roger-federer-novak-djokovic-us-open-2026-retirement-comments\">Roger Federer gets honest on Novak Djokovic\u2019s US Open chances as he makes retirement admission<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Becker gives honest opinion on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s US Open return and title chances Ewan West 25 Aug 2026 3:30 PM Carlos Alcaraz with Boris Becker inset Tennis icon Boris Becker has shared his thoughts on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s comeback and revealed if he thinks the Spanish star is the favourite to win the 2026 US [&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-2110779","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\/2110779","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=2110779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2110779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2110779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2110779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}