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                   Carlos Alcaraz speaks at a press conference                            <\/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> has opened up about his preparations for the 2026 US Open and also looked ahead to a first round match he described as \u201creally difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world No 3 has not played a singles match in over four months due to a right wrist injury he suffered at the Barcelona Open in April.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Alcaraz made his return to the court at the US Open mixed doubles event, where he partnered Serena Williams. The star-studded duo won their first match before falling in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz, who is the reigning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> champion, will begin his title defence against world No 98 Roman Safiullin.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard appeared on a live episode of Andy Roddick\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wL62c8tj-8Q\" target=\"_blank\">Served<\/a> podcast recorded at Flushing Meadows during the US Open Media Day.<\/p>\n<p>Roddick asked Alcaraz how his wrist was, and how his preparations for the tournament were going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it\u2019s going really well, to be honest,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cAt home, it was a great week of practice before coming here, which was a real test for me. Long practices, intense practices, just to see how the wrist is going to react.<\/p>\n<h2>More US Open News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-comeback-usopen-wrist-injury-interview\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz makes \u2018all in my head\u2019 claim as he makes candid confessions about his wrist injury<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\/us-open-points-alcaraz-sinner-auger-aliassime-djokovic-zverev-will-drop\"><strong>US Open: Points Alcaraz, Sinner, Auger-Aliassime, Djokovic, Zverev will drop<\/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>\u201cHere, [practising] with those guys, with the mixed doubles, helped me a lot. Everything. So, right now I\u2019m just excited, and obviously can\u2019t wait until the tournament begins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam champion was also asked about facing Safiullin \u2014 a player he holds a 1-1 record against.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it think it\u2019s going to be a really difficult first round, seeing that [it\u2019s going to be] my first match since April,\u201d said the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a really talented player, because I think as much rhythm as you put in the match, he feels more comfortable. So, it\u2019s going to be a really interesting one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a really great match to play. I\u2019m really excited. I\u2019ve got to be good, I gotta be good. What else I can say?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m going to practise these days just really focused on that first match, and let\u2019s see how it\u2019s going to be?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz also revealed what has he missed about being on tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, the first two months, it was okay. I was having fun with my family, friends. I just did some stuff that I wasn\u2019t able to do on the tour, but after that, I miss it,\u201d Alcaraz explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the beginning, I thought that I\u2019m not going to watch any tennis match, but at the end\u2026 French Open, Wimbledon, so\u2019 I couldn\u2019t miss it (smiles). So, I\u2019ve been watching those guys competing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been missing the players, seeing the faces, seeing the teams, everyone around. So, I miss that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\/alexander-zverev-told-christmas-come-early-carlos-alcaraz-warning-issues\">Alexander Zverev told \u2018Christmas has come early\u2019 as Carlos Alcaraz is \u2018not the favourite\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz opens up about wrist recovery ahead of \u2018really difficult\u2019 US Open first round Ewan West 29 Aug 2026 10:01 AM Carlos Alcaraz speaks at a press conference Carlos Alcaraz has opened up about his preparations for the 2026 US Open and also looked ahead to a first round match he described as \u201creally [&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-2117705","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\/2117705","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=2117705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2117705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2117705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2117705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}