{"id":817013,"date":"2026-07-22T17:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/817013\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:47:11","slug":"spains-carlos-alcaraz-poised-for-injury-comeback-at-us-open-title-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/817013\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain&#8217;s Carlos Alcaraz poised for injury comeback at US Open title defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">Carlos Alcaraz has been included on the official entry list for the 2026 US Open, taking the first formal step towards defending his title at the season&#8217;s final Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">The tournament, which runs in New York from 30 August to 13 September, will be Alcaraz&#8217;s first major since he was sidelined by a right wrist injury sustained during his opening round match at the Barcelona Open in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">The Spaniard has since missed both Roland Garros and Wimbledon but has returned to light training, following a cautious rehabilitation programme. He is hitting balls again, although he is not yet playing practice sets, with his team keen to avoid rushing his comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">A return at the Cincinnati Masters remains the target, although his participation has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">Announcing the entry list, US Open organisers said: &#8220;The biggest spectacle in tennis now has its cast following the release of the 2026 US Open singles entry lists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">The statement added: &#8220;Defending men&#8217;s singles champion Carlos Alcaraz will be aiming for his third US Open title.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz has been included on the official entry list for the 2026 US Open, taking the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[6569,64,63,33561,55138,3403,580,3899,16804,268193,392338,85,747,8821],"class_list":["post-817013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alcaraz","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carlos","tag-comeback","tag-defence","tag-for","tag-injury","tag-open","tag-poised","tag-spains","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}