Carlos Alcaraz started the ambitious US Open 2025 journey with the match against Reilly Opelka. There, the Spanish tennis player showed superior bravery.
Carlos Alcaraz opened the US Open 2025 campaign with a new appearance – a cut head close to the “storm” of social networks. But on the field, the No. 2 seed still kept the familiar calm, defeated American tennis player Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 to win tickets to the second round.
In a red and red three -hole outfit, Spanish player shows his bravery when faced with the powerful matches of Opelka. “Today's match is really difficult at a great opponent. With Reilly's serve, I am not easy to find the desired pace. But I am satisfied with the way I return and maintain the concentration in the whole match,” Alcaraz said.
With this victory, Alcaraz continued to follow Jannik Sinner in the world's No. 1 race. If the achievement at the US Open is equal to or surpassing Sinner, he will leave New York with the No. 1 position on the ATP rankings.
The Alcaraz script encountered Sinner in the final – where the Wang US Open and the No. 1 world were placed on the scale – being expected by fans.
In the immediate future, Alcaraz will face Italian player Mattia Bellucci in the second round, with the goal of avoiding repeating the shock of being eliminated as early as last year when losing to Botic Van de Zandschulp in the second round.
Standing in front of an Opelka up to 2m11 high, continuously serve thunder and fiercely attacked from the beginning of the ball, Alcaraz still retains the endurance at the end of the yard. He created 11 opportunities to break the game and take advantage of 3 times successfully, closing the match lasting more than 2 hours right before midnight in New York.
“It feels like everything does not depend on me, but depends on how he serve and attack. I just try to return as much as possible, put the ball into Rally and take advantage of rare opportunities,” Alcaraz added.
According to Infosys ATP statistics, Alcaraz is leading ATP this season with 55 wins and 6 titles, including the Cincinnati Open championship a week ago.
In previous matches, Casper Ruud-runner-up US Open 2022-easily surpassed Sebastian ofner 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (5). “Horse” host Frances Tiafoe defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Meanwhile, Seed No. 9 Karen Khachanov is the upstream of Nishesh BasavaredDY 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5, 6-1, and Andrey RubleV (15) defeat Dino Prizmic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.