An unprecedented outburst of anger and Olympic tears. Alcaraz continues his wild season at the US Open

Last year he became a phenomenon and this year he has made tennis history. But the last few months have brought him previously unseen things. After the tears at the end of the Olympic tournament, there was the rampage in Cincinnati. How will Alcaraz follow it all up at the US Open?

• Carlos Alcaraz is having a very turbulent year
• Great successes have been replaced by less pleasant events
• He may soon meet some very good opponents at the US Open

A wild year that has brought many breakthrough moments. This is how one could briefly describe 2024 from the perspective of one of the best tennis players of today. Carlos Alcaraz experienced very conflicting emotions in the 2024 season.

At the French Open, he rewrote the history of the white sport. Here, the twenty-one-year-old tennis player became the youngest tennis player to dominate Grand Slams on all three surfaces after his final triumph over Zverev.

A year earlier, the Spaniard triumphed on Wimbledon grass. In the 2022 season, he captured the US open on concrete. Paris clay has been missing from his collection so far.

His subsequent triumph at Wimbledon confirmed his status as a tennis hegemon. But there were soon to be less successful moments.

In the famous final of the Olympics, he was no match for the flawless Djokovic. The Serb had achieved a great dream and the Spaniard was left to weep. In Paris, the successful tennis player couldn’t help shedding tears.

Alcaraz showed completely different emotions a week later in Cincinnati. The current number three in the ATP rankings failed to finish his first match after switching to the hard surface and fell to the veteran Monfils. The Spanish tennis player was furious at the time and demolished his racket. No one knew him like that until then.

Alcaraz at the US Open 2024

What to expect from Alcaraz at the US Open, which is just beginning? For one, it’s where he won his first ever major. He hasn’t been beaten at two Grand Slams this year.

On the other hand, the events of the Olympics and also the last Masters show that Alcaraz is also under a lot of pressure. Moreover, he has played only one match on hard surface since mid-March. That was against Monfils.

As the number three seed, Alcaraz will start against an acceptable opponent. It will be qualifier Tu, who is ranked at the bottom of the second 100.

But he can challenge Canadian Shapovalov in the second round and British Draper in the next match. He is another promising young tennis player who, after the very controversial situation in Cincinnati, is eager to beat everything with the best results.

Source: ATP, X, USA Today