After four months on the sidelines with a right wrist injury sustained during his Barcelona Open campaign, the Spaniard confirmed on Thursday that he will return at the US Open , where he will defend the title he won last year. Carlos Alcaraz is finally back. The injury had forced him to miss both Roland Garros and Wimbledon, keeping him away from Grand Slam action since his Australian Open triumph in January.
In 2022, despite serious concerns over his chronic foot problem, he returned to win the Australian Open and Roland Garros before reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals. In 2013, after nearly a year away, he returned to reach the Australian Open final and then won the remaining three major tournaments he played that season. In 2025, he missed Madrid with a right adductor issue and hamstring discomfort, only to return in time to win the Rome Masters and Roland Garros.
Because of a right knee injury that had already forced him to skip the Montreal and Cincinnati hard-court events, 1 Jannik Sinner , who withdrew last week. However, the final Grand Slam of the season will be without world No. It is the first time Sinner has pulled out of a Grand Slam. And there is precedent for a great player returning from a long layoff and immediately producing something extraordinary. Rafael Nadal remains perhaps the most striking example. He has never been away from the tour for this long, nor has he had to return from an injury that kept him out of two Grand Slam tournaments in succession. But there are reasons for optimism.
