Cincy Comeback? Carlos Alcaraz on Cincinnati Entry List – Tennis Now

By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, July 16, 2026
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The Queen Metropolis will host match king Carlos Alcaraz’s deliberate comeback.

If reigning champion Alcaraz’s proper wrist recovers, he’ll launch his comeback aiming to defend his title on the 2026 Cincinnati Open set for August 8-Twenty third.

Event organizers introduced entry lists and Alcaraz, who has not performed since injuring his wrist defeating Otto Virtanen in his Barcelona Open opener in April, headlines the Cincinnati Open entry list.

A yr in the past, Alcaraz defeated Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev in succession to succeed in the Cincinnati ultimate the place he led archrival Jannik Sinner, 5-0, when the Italian retired from the Cincinnati Monday ultimate.

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Wimbledon winner Sinner stated “tennis wants Alcaraz” and the thrill the Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry brings to the sport.

“Tennis is a a lot better sport when [Alcaraz is] round,” Sinner stated. “For me personally it’s good when he’s round. It makes me look additionally within the draw and seeing the matches another way.

“Regardless that if I’d face Carlos it might at all times be within the ultimate. With the No. 1 and No. 2 seed, that’s the case.

“However, yeah, being younger, going by tough moments, it could actually occur. I do imagine he’s going to come back again stronger than earlier than. However accidents are at all times robust, particularly a wrist. There’s sure areas of our physique what are very delicate. The wrist, we noticed with additionally different gamers prior to now, that they’ll complicate our life.”

Total, Alcaraz has posted a 22-3 report in 2026, successful titles on the Australian Open and in Doha.