Milan, 4 August (LaPresse) – Just one month after losing the Wimbledon final to Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz will also return to action this weekend when he makes his debut at the Cincinnati Masters 1000, scheduled for Saturday or Sunday. This marks the start of the 22-year-old Murcia native's approach to the US Open, where he won his first Grand Slam title but lost in the second round to Van de Zandschulp last year. According to As, Alcaraz will leave for the United States tonight after a period of training at the Real Sociedad Club de Campo de Murcia, sometimes assisted by other tennis players such as Dani Mérida, to move from the grass season to a new phase of the calendar with hard courts as the focus. In Cincinnati, the Spaniard experienced his usual ups and downs. A finalist in 2023, when he was defeated by Novak Djokovic (5-7, 7-6, 7-6) in a hard-fought title match, last year he was surprised by Monfils in his debut (4-6, 7-6, 6-4), in a final third of the season in which results did not entirely go his way.