Alcaraz's Return at US Open 2026: Comeback After Wrist Injury and Schedule Critique

People remember the winners, but I remember the silence after the whistle. Last night at Arthur Ashe, Carlos Alcaraz stepped out, bowed his head slightly before the American crowd, and left an unexpectedly rhythmic match. No. 72 Faria made the world's No. 2 drop points in the first set. Four-six after missing a routine forehand at 3-3 and unable to save it. But he immediately started with an eight-game streak, finishing the second set six-nothing. The entire match lasted two hours and forty minutes, with forty-three winners. That is the image of a player returning after four months off due to a right wrist injury, and he showed a surprising quick recovery.