Carlos Alcaraz said Donald Trump’s presence in the U.S. Open final will be “very useful for tennis” as the U.S. president is ready to compete in his first game in Flushing Meadows in a decade.
The 22-year-old Spaniard reached Sunday’s final after defeating Novak Djokovic at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday afternoon. He will face it Defending champion Jannik Sinner or Félixouger-Aliassime in Canada He won the sixth Grand Slam title and finished third in New York.
When asked about Trump’s plan to show up in the final, Alkaraz responded positively.
“I think it’s an honor to have the presidents of various countries just to support the game, support tennis and support the game,” he said. “For me, playing in front of him… I’ll try not to think about it. I don’t want to be nervous about it, but I think it’s great for tennis to play the president in the final.”
USA tennis The association said on Friday that Trump will be a guest at Ashe’s internal corporate suite.
trump card Once a fixture for the public population in the United States Before starting his political career. The Trump Organization even kept a suite near the radio booth, but gave up in its first year at the White House in 2017.
The president has been in a series of high-profile sports appearances this year. He has played in the Super Bowl in New Orleans, the Daytona 500 in Florida, UFC Cards and Newark in Miami, the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Philadelphia, and the FIFA Club World Cup Finals in New Jersey, where he passed Chelsea’s Trophy Ceremony.
Although Barack and Michelle Obama appeared on the opening night of the U.S. Open in 2023, Trump’s return on Sunday will be the first president when the current president won the Women’s Finals in 2000 within 25 years.
Alcaraz, who won the U.S. Open for the first time in 2022, has become the first person to enter the game since Roger Federer in 2015 without letting it go. He said Friday that even Trump’s appearance was not Trump’s appearance, which would ensure that the game would also make the political theater unusual, and that even a New York Grand Slam he would spread his goals.
“It’s great for tennis,” Alkaraz said. “But on Sunday, my job is to play my best tennis and not let anything else get in the way.”
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