{"id":119161,"date":"2025-09-06T18:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/119161\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T18:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:44:07","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-speaks-out-on-shock-donald-trump-decision-ahead-of-us-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/119161\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz speaks out on shock Donald Trump decision ahead of US Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233920746.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24092293\" alt=\"2025 US Open - Day 13\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tCarlos Alcaraz will face Jannik Sinner in the US Open final(Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> insists it will be a privilege to play in front of <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> after the President made a surprise decision to attend Sunday\u2019s <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open <\/a>final.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was a regular visitor Flushing Meadows before he entered the political arena but hasn\u2019t attended the tournament in a decade. <\/p>\n<p>On his last appearance for the 2015 quarter-final between Venus and Serena Williams, Trump was booed by fans as a consequence of his anti-immigrant\u00a0rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>After a 10-year absence, however, Trump is set to take in Sunday\u2019s historic match<a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/09\/03\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-novak-djokovic-andy-roddick-predicts-us-open-champion-24063140\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> between Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner<\/a> whose growing rivalry is currently dominating the men\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Well it\u2019s a privilege for the tournament having the president from every country to support the tournament and support tennis,\u2019 said Alcaraz following<a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/09\/03\/novak-djokovic-left-furious-booing-us-open-crowd-ahead-carlos-alcaraz-clash-24067406\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> his victory over Novak Djokovic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018For me playing in front of him to be honest I will try not to be focused on that and think about it. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t want my self to be nervous becuase of it. But attending the tennis match is great for tennis to have the president at the final.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-487321670_23ee26.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24092363\" alt=\"2015 U.S. Open - Day 9\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tDonald Trump hasn\u2019t attended the US Open in a decade (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz will take on Sinner\u00a0in a third straight grand slam final after the Italian held off the challenge of Felix Auger-Aliassime.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the open era, two men will meet each other in three major finals in the same season, with Sinner and\u00a0Alcaraz\u00a0achieving levels of dominance not even seen at the height of the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal duopoly.<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0Alcaraz\u00a0comfortably saw off Djokovic, Sinner was given a test by Canadian Auger-Aliassime, who was playing in his second grand slam semi-final, but the world No.1 pulled away to win 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, Sinner becomes just the eighth man ever to reach all four slam finals in one season and the youngest in the open era, while his hard-court winning streak at the majors of 27 matches has equalled Djokovic\u2019s best with only Federer now ahead of him.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233934530.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24092367\" alt=\"2025 US Open - Day 13\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tJannik Sinner overcame Felix Auger-Aliassime to book his place in the US Open final (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0Alcaraz\u00a0was victorious in Paris and Sinner at Wimbledon, the stakes could not be higher for Sunday\u2019s final and the winner will not only claim supremacy in that metric but will leave New York as world number one.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner, who can win a fifth slam overall and fourth in the last five majors, said: \u2018Amazing season, obviously. The grand slams are the most important tournaments and finding myself again in the final, with an amazing crowd, it does not get any better.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a very tough match today but obviously I\u2019m very happy. Let\u2019s see what coming. Sunday is going to be a very special occasion. We know each other very well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/09\/05\/donald-trump-fbi-informant-jeffrey-epstein-case-24090951\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump cast as \u2018FBI informant\u2019 in Jeffrey Epstein case<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/09\/05\/tim-henman-makes-novak-djokovic-retirement-prediction-carlos-alcaraz-defeat-us-open-24090801\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Henman makes Novak Djokovic retirement prediction after Carlos Alcaraz defeat at US Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/09\/05\/donald-trump-rename-pentagon-department-war-24088017\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump rebrands \u2018woke\u2019 Defence Department as Department of War \u2013 and threatens \u2018hell to pay\u2019 if Ukraine war doesn\u2019t end<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tComment now<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tComments<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tFootball Newsletter \u2013 In The Mixer<\/p>\n<p>Your guide to the week in football. 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