{"id":2542,"date":"2026-07-26T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2026-07-26T17:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:00:31","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-set-a-deadline-to-make-a-decision-on-his-comeback-by-former-british-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2542","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz set a deadline to make a decision on his comeback by former British No 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> is set to step up his recovery from the wrist injury that has left him on the sidelines since April, with former British No 1 Greg Rusedski suggesting there is a clear deadline on the horizon for the Spaniard.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz missed the French Open and Wimbledon with the wrist injury he picked up at the Barcelona Open, with a recent social media post suggesting he is a long way from playing top tier tennis again, with the 23-year-old striking the ball gently in what looked like the early stages of a comeback.<\/p>\n

Further question marks were raised as Alcaraz made an appearance at the World Cup final in New Jersey with a wrist support still evident just to watch Spain beat Argentina.<\/p>\n

Now Rusedski has given his verdict on Alcaraz\u2019s<\/a> hopes of playing at the US Open next month, as he believes he is hoping to use the ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati as his fitness test ahead of the final Grand Slam of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have any chance to play at the US Open, he\u2019s gotta play Cincinnati,\u201d he declared on the edition of his Off Court with Greg Rusedski podcast<\/a> that will be released on Monday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf he plays Cincinnati and the wrist holds up, that is exciting news for our sport, because we definitely need him back.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he doesn\u2019t play Cincinnati, we know the US Open isn\u2019t gonna happen and he\u2019s been away from the game for very, very long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got to be smart with it because the fact he\u2019s got to get his volume up to a certain level and you don\u2019t want to rush it back too much.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 12-day event in Cincinnati might actually help him because the fact that he can have a few more breaks in between matches, but this is still a huge question marks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like you\u2019re playing a two-out-of-three major. So for the women\u2019s, it\u2019s a little bit easier because when you go into the majors, it\u2019s like a regular week with a guaranteed day off every week is two out of three sets. To make the jump up to three out of five sets is tough for the men.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom what I saw from that original video, I wasn\u2019t thinking would play at the US Open, but we need him back in our sport and we\u2019ll find out. Cincinnati, fingers crossed he\u2019s back because we miss Carlos. I really hope he\u2019s back in Cincinnati and healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rusedski went on to suggest Alcaraz was wise to use a wrist support when he accepted an official role to be part of the World Cup final.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz had the task of bringing the trophy onto the pitch prior to kick-off, with Rusedski pointing out a role of that nature will force him to put his wrist in the line of fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou gotta shake people\u2019s hands a lot when you take on a tole like that at the World Cup,\u201d he added. \u201cIf you have one person all of a sudden give you a big handshake, you\u2019re gonna put that injury back in there. So I think it was clever that he had the tape on the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carlos Alcaraz is set to step up his recovery from the wrist injury that has left him on the sidelines since April, with former British No 1 Greg Rusedski suggesting there is a clear deadline on the horizon for the Spaniard. Alcaraz missed the French Open and Wimbledon with the wrist injury he picked up […]<\/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-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542","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=2542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}