{"id":5597,"date":"2026-07-22T03:14:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2026-07-22T03:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:14:56","slug":"alcaraz-set-for-injury-comeback-ahead-of-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/alcaraz-set-for-injury-comeback-ahead-of-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz set for injury comeback ahead of US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz is set to make his long-awaited return from injury at next month&#8217;s Cincinnati Open after being included in in the men&#8217;s singles field.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam champion has not competed since injuring his right wrist at the Barcelona Open in April, forcing him to withdraw before his second-round match and miss the rest of the clay and grass-court seasons, including the French Open and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>Now ranked world number three, Alcaraz will use the ATP Masters 1000 event as his only competitive outing before defending his US Open title later this month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Da0ynSTgTWG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Cincinnati Open (@cincytennis)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard returns to Cincinnati as the reigning champion after beating world number one Jannik Sinner in last year&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner again headlines the men&#8217;s field following a dominant campaign that has seen him win all five ATP Masters 1000 titles this season and successfully defend his Wimbledon crown.<\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune, Ben Shelton and Alex de Minaur are also among the leading contenders.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s draw features world number one Aryna Sabalenka alongside Grand Slam champions Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Madison Keys and Elena Rybakina, while Southeast Asia will be represented by the Philippines&#8217; Alexandra Eala and Indonesia&#8217;s Janice Tjen.<\/p>\n<p>The Cincinnati Open runs from August 13-23 and serves as the final ATP and WTA 1000 event before the US Open.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PwvLAXUEFus?si=_Yp77GGIdRAbw3zD\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz is set to make his long-awaited return from injury at next month&#8217;s Cincinnati Open after being included in in the men&#8217;s singles field. The seven-time Grand Slam champion has not competed since injuring his right wrist at the Barcelona Open in April, forcing him to withdraw before his second-round match and miss the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/alcaraz-set-for-injury-comeback-ahead-of-us-open\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alcaraz set for injury comeback ahead of US Open<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[264,364],"class_list":["post-5597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-tennis-en","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5600,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions\/5600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}