{"id":705495,"date":"2026-07-22T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705495\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:01:09","slug":"spains-carlos-alcaraz-poised-for-injury-comeback-at-us-open-title-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705495\/","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":705496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[37672,23092,35978,3052,436,41256,3669,76531,233979,101,118,7316,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-705495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alcaraz","tag-carlos","tag-comeback","tag-defence","tag-for","tag-injury","tag-open","tag-poised","tag-spains","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-title","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}