Alcaraz feared it, and the US Open fulfilled it

Carlos Alcaraz he escaped in his debut. The reappearance of the current US Open champion, four and a half months later due to a wrist injury, was too sweet to be scheduled for the night session in New York. However, the Murcian, who prefers to play during the day, was able to return to tennis early in the afternoon, without any problems.

The world No. 3 was aware that at some point he would have to star in the double night session, although the organization already knows that it prefers to reduce its presence in it as much as possible. Something that all tournaments know.

But there is a mandatory rotation. Alcaraz feared it, it was even worse since he will compete at the time that no one wants, against the Portuguese Jaime Fariain the second round of the tournament. The last one, which means waiting for the end of the previous match, which will begin at 7 pm local (one in the Spanish morning on Thursday) the defender of the crown, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and the little known Russian Polina Iatcenko.

Alcaraz will be at Arthur Ashe Stadium around 9 pm in New York, three in the morning Spanish. You will arrive at your hotel in Manhattan at an ungodly hour, you will have to sleep as best you can after post-crash recovery, which should never be neglected.

The man from Murcia loves the routines of morning training, the game in the afternoon and having a few hours to himself before the end of a day that will seem very long this Wednesday.

He has gone from one extreme to the other in two days, like Sabalenka. From opening the plant on Monday to closing it on Wednesday. The ups and downs that tennis players so dislike.