Alcaraz to defend US Open title with zero warm-up matches after four-month wrist absence

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz, 23, will defend his US Open title starting 30 August without playing a single warm-up event. A right wrist injury has kept him off the ATP Tour since the Barcelona Open in April, forcing him out of the French Open and Wimbledon. He has not competed in over four months.