Carlos Alcaraz could be set to return to tennis during the American hardcourt swing, but will he be able to return to the player he was before his injury?<\/p>\n
The Spaniard has missed five months of action since injuring himself at the Barcelona Open in April, but he has appeared on the entry lists for the Cincinnati Open and the US Open.<\/p>\n
However, Alcaraz is reportedly still only conducting light training on court and he was spotted at the World Cup Final wearing a brace on his wrist.<\/p>\n
Even if he does manage to return for the final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open<\/a>, WTA<\/a> star Christina McHale has expressed one concern for Alcaraz at the Flushing Meadows event.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz facing potential nightmare US Open draw after ATP Rankings drop<\/a><\/p>\n Novak Djokovic admits Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz \u2018hurt\u2019 him with striking confession<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking on The Inside-In Tennis Podcast<\/a>, the former World No 24 said: \u201cWhere\u2019s his fitness level at too? Playing best-of-five in New York, where it\u2019s really hot, having not played for so many months, not competed.<\/p>\n \u201cWill we be surprised if all of a sudden he comes out playing great? No, because that\u2019s what he\u2019s capable of. But I think most likely he\u2019ll have to work himself into the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n McHale suffered a similar injury to Alcaraz<\/a> during the 2025 season, so she is well aware of the work the World No 3 is putting in behind the scenes.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I actually had that TFCC (Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex) injury last year. Thankfully I did not need surgery but I had sprained it and it required so much more PT than I ever imagined,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d never had many injuries before. So, I can imagine he had a surgery and like and it\u2019s tough because it\u2019s you, you know, you start to come back and then you might start compensating and then all of a sudden you start feeling a little bit something elsewhere or you\u2019re so eager to get back on court that you maybe do too much. So, it\u2019s such a fine line and a balance.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz and his team have reportedly earmarked the Cincinnati Open for a return for some time, so fans should only truly worry if he withdraws from the Masters event.<\/p>\n There is plenty riding on the event for Alcaraz, as he is the defending champion at the North American tournament. That means he is defending 1000 ranking points at the event, which could be crucial for him returning to the top two of the rankings once again.<\/p>\n Alcaraz lost his World No 2 status after Alexander Zverev<\/a> reached the final of the Wimbledon<\/a> for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n The post WTA star shares key concern for Carlos Alcaraz ahead of the US Open<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz could be set to return to tennis during the American hardcourt swing, but will he be able to return to the player he was before his injury? The Spaniard has missed five months of action since injuring himself at the Barcelona Open in April, but he has appeared on the entry lists for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Carlos Alcaraz news<\/h2>\n