Alcaraz will repeat it a thousand times at the US Open: “There is no reason to be afraid”
Carlos Alcaraz He plays his third round match of the US Open today, Wednesday, around 7 pm Spanish time. Round of 32 eliminator, will fight with the Chinese Yibing Wu for a place in the round of 16, where the Spaniard would already face a first rival with the status of head seed.
Sunday’s crossing would be with the Kazakh Alexander Bublik or the American Tommy Paul who have a higher level and tables than the Russian Roman Safiullinthe Portuguese Jaime Faria and a Yibing Wu who has already repeated his best Grand Slam result.
Alcaraz, 23 years old and world no. The Murcian won the Shanghai Masters 1000 ATP, 2023 edition, 7-6 (5) and 6-3.
Wu, 26 years old, has survived in New York beating the Australians Adam Walton (7-6, 6-2, 7-5) and James Duckworth (7-5, 6-3 and 6-1). The most notable thing is that he has not given up any set.
You don’t have to be a dangerous adversary to Carlos Alcaraz. Nobody asked the current champion for an analysis of his new opponent. The international media insist on the wrist injury of the Murcian, who has never wanted to detail the exact medical part of the ailment. With the same firmness he has stressed that the issue is controlled, settled.
And he is willing to repeat it a thousand times if necessary. He was forceful in the official appearance after beating the Portuguese Jaime Faria: “There is no reason to be afraid and not hit normally, even from the forehand. I don’t think about the wrist either when I train or in matches.” Loud and clear.
He confirmed it in Murcia, on the rehearsal sets with the Dane Holger Rune, continues along the same lines in New York. Better as the days go by and you see that not only is there no physical problem, but that your level of play is progressing very quickly. His teeth are sharpened thinking about the fight for a third US Open, a seventh Grand Slam title.
In this highest category of tennis he has improved his mark of fifteen consecutive matches. There are already sixteen between the US Open 2025 and the current one, having been absent from Roland Garros and Wimbledon. In Australia he completed his own Grand Slam (the youngest in history, he was 22 years old in January).
“I’m playing well and I’m going to get better with each passing day. We have to improve the level of tennis, and it will be done,” he means. Alcaraz. The only thing missing was competition filming, which is only granted by official matches. Today’s Friday will be the 28th of the season, with a current balance of 24-3. Wu It should be the final touch before entering the second and big week.
