The US Open has thrown up the usual spills and thrills of Grand Slam action, but many have been unhappy about the cost of tickets at Flushing Meadows this year.<\/p>\n
Ticket prices have only slighted increased from the 2025 event, but it\u2019s on secondary sites and surge pricing which is stinging fans the most.<\/p>\n
Alex Eala saw her matches surge in price<\/a>, while $65 dollar ground passes have been seen on secondary sites for as much as $300 at the tournament.<\/p>\n The Laver Cup, which is set to be Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s next tournament, has clearly been looking on with a keen eye on what is happening in New York this year.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz suggests how much longer he wants to play tennis for before he retires<\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz has just made a strange scheduling decision after stating he will play less tournaments now<\/a><\/p>\n In conjection with the London Mayor, the Laver Cup<\/a> has announced that it will be cutting prices for every session at the tournament, which takes place at The O2 Arena between September 25th and 27th.<\/p>\n \u201cLondon is the undisputed sporting capital of the world and I am delighted we are hosting the Laver Cup at The O2 later this month,\u201d said Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.<\/p>\n \u201cI want every Londoner to have the opportunity to experience world class major sporting events in our city,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat is why I am proud to be teaming up with the Laver Cup to provide free and reduced cost tickets for Londoners to experience world class tennis and see some of the sport\u2019s biggest stars in action.<\/p>\n \u201cThis renowned tennis competition has featured many of the greats of the game and it\u2019s an honour for London to become the first city to stage the event twice.<\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to staging another fantastic competition as we work together to build a better, more prosperous London for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to work with the Mayor of London and the LTA to give more Londoners the opportunity to experience the Laver Cup when we return to The O2 later this month,\u201d said Laver Cup CEO Steve Zacks.<\/p>\n \u201cLondon holds a special place in Laver Cup history, and we want our return to have an impact beyond the three days of competition. By making a limited number of tickets available at a special price and welcoming more than 2,000 young Londoners to Open Practice Day, we hope to introduce new audiences to the Laver Cup and build on the community legacy we established here in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n This year\u2019s tournament will see a Team Europe consisting of Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, Alexander Zverev<\/a>, Rafael Jodar<\/a>, Flavio Cobolli<\/a>, Jakub Mensik<\/a>, and Casper Ruud<\/a> take on a Team World of Taylor Fritz<\/a>, Ben Shelton<\/a>, Alex de Minaur<\/a>, Learner Tien<\/a>, Alexander Bublik<\/a>, and Tommy Paul<\/a>.<\/p>\n The event will be taking place at The O2 Arena for the first time since 2022, which marked the final competitive appearance from Roger Federer<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s next tournament slashes ticket prices amid US Open pricing controversy<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The US Open has thrown up the usual spills and thrills of Grand Slam action, but many have been unhappy about the cost of tickets at Flushing Meadows this year. Ticket prices have only slighted increased from the 2025 event, but it\u2019s on secondary sites and surge pricing which is stinging fans the most. Alex […]<\/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-2761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761","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=2761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Carlos Alcaraz news<\/h2>\n