News about Carlos Alcaraz

Rafael Nadal will have one final battle with Novak Djokovic when they meet in the Six Kings Slam exhibition event on Saturday. The Spaniard is retiring after next month's Davis Cup finals in Malaga, bringing the curtain down on an incredible career. His rivalry with Djokovic has been one of the mainstays of the sport for the last 15 years and there will be one final meeting in Saudi Arabia as the pair will face off in the third-place match.

Carlos Alcaraz takes on Tomas Machac today in the Shanghai Masters, and the Spanish sensation is perhaps unsurprisingly favourite to come out on top. The double Wimbledon champion faces the lesser-fancied Czech player in Shanghai, and is being backed by Sky Bet with odds of 1/14 to win the match.

A five-minute promotional video featuring the participants of the 6 Kings Slam event has been released ahead of the event. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune will take to the court in Riyadh next month with the highest prize money in tennis history on the line. The high-budget film directed by Los Perez sees the competing stars do battle across various historical scenes with production values rivalling that of a Hollywood blockbuster.

The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) have revealed that they are appealing the verdict that saw Jannik Sinner escape a ban for failing two anti-doping tests. Last month, Sinner avoided a suspension after a tribunal accepted that the contamination occurred during a massage from his physiotherapist. When the International Tennis Integrity Agency (TIA) announced the failed tests, they said that, although Sinner was to be docked 400 ranking points and $250,000 (£186,932), he was found to bear 'no fault or negligence' and was allowed to compete at the following week's US Open - an event that he won. However, in a bombshell announcement on Saturday morning, WADA confirmed that they disagreed with the original findings that world No 1 Sinner had 'no fault or negligence' and they have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Tennis Grand Slam legend Rafael Nadal has been named in Spain's Davis Cup finals squad that will play in Malaga for what could be his final event ahead of suggested retirement. The 38-year-old has not played since the Paris Olympics , where he reached the quarter-finals of the men's doubles alongside Carlos Alcaraz , and subsequently withdrew from the US Open and then also last week's Laver Cup in Berlin.

Lleyton Hewitt's teenage son Cruz has stunned his social media fans after they noticed a jaw-dropping detail in one of his photos. The budding tennis star, 15, shared two photos to Instagram on Friday which captured him posing with Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz in two different snaps. The first one showed him as a smiling 12-year-old posing with the much taller Alcaraz at the 2021 Australian Open .

Tennis players Taylor Fritz and Matteo Berrettini traded the court for the runway on Wednesday as they walked for Boss at Milan Fashion Week. Both the American Fritz and Berrettini are Boss global ambassadors and looked like naturals as they modeled at the brand's Spring/Summer 2025 Out of Office show. Fritz was seen in a layered look of a light blue button down, navy blazer and green-turquoise overcoat, while Berrettini was dressed in mostly grey and brown.

During the clip, the Princess of Wales and Prince William are seen celebrating the Princess's recovery in Norfolk. Fans of the Wales family couldn't help but comment (pictured in insets) on one entertaining moment in the clip that saw nine-year-old Princess Charlotte embarrassed by the sight of her parents sharing a kiss (pictured). While the family sat at the beach on a picnic blanket, William pecked Kate on the cheek as she lay on the floor with Prince George and Prince Louis, but Charlotte had a hilarious response, with one saying: 'Princess Charlotte's face is a whole vibe.'

In an emotional three-minute clip posted today, Kate and her husband Prince William are seen celebrating the Princess's recovery alongside their three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla are understood to have welcomed today's announcement as 'wonderful news' and will continue to offer all love, thoughts and support to Kate on her continued path to full recovery. While Kate's message to the nation was filled with hope and celebration, she warned that 'doing what I can to stay cancer free is now my focus' and admitted the last nine months have been a 'scary and unpredictable' time for her family. The Princess said the experience has reminded her and her husband to 'reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life, which so many of us often take for granted. Of simply loving and being loved.'

The Princess of Wales (left) left subtle tributes to King Charles and her children in an emotional clip announcing her chemotherapy treatment has ended. Kate, 42, has released a statement in a touching three-minute video with her husband Prince William in Norfolk with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis , which was shot last month. (right) In the heartwarming clip the royal shared the happy news with fans that she has 'finally completed her chemotherapy' and she made a special mention to those who are 'continuing their own cancer journey'.

The Princess of Wales, 42, has announced her chemotherapy has concluded, six months after she announced her diagnosis to the world - but she will be taking things easy. Speaking in a beautifully-shot clip from Kensington Palace, the Princess of Wales will undertake more engagements in the autumn - but she has stressed she will continue to 'take each day as it comes'. Left: Trooping the Colour. Centre: Wimbledon 2024. Right: Kensington Palace announcement.

MATTHEW LAMBERT IN NEW YORK: Sinner won the Australian Open, Alcaraz Roland Garros and Wimbledon. The only other male players in history to split the majors are Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in 2017, and Novak Djokovic and Nadal in 2019. 'It's an official changing of the guard,' said McEnroe on ESPN. 'When was the last time none of the Big Three won a Grand Slam? (it was 2002).

US Open champion Jannik Sinner has admitted he's dealing with a 'difficult moment' due to his aunt's ongoing health battle. The Italian dedicated his straight-sets championship win over Taylor Fritz on Sunday to her, and said after the match that he didn't 'know how much longer' his aunt had to live. And in speaking on TODAY on Monday morning, he shared more about her current condition.

MATTHEW LAMBERT ON ARTHUR ASHE: Six months since a billionth of a gram of clostebol was found in a sample of his urine and 19 days since he was publicly cleared of doping, Jannik Sinner won his second Grand Slam title. It is a victory that exists somewhere in the netherworld between a bad look for tennis and a triumph of mental resilience. 

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka says  her motivation is a desire to keep her late father's name alive as he bids for more Grand Slam success. After adding this title to her back-to-back Australian Opens, the 26-year-old from Belarus was asked what drives her.

The Princess of Wales may join the royal family at the Remembrance Day service in November amid hopes her return to public life may be on the horizon.  Kate, 42, has made just two public appearances since her cancer diagnosis earlier this year.  However, after spending a restful summer at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, she is starting to think about the months ahead, The Times has reported. 

Aryna Sabalenka has stormed her way into the US Open final for the second consecutive year running. The Belarusian tennis player will have to deal with a crowd which will be praying on her downfall as the New York horde will be no doubt cheering for home grown American Jessica Pegula. The world number two admitted that she struggled to deal with the crowd last year when she lost to American Coco Gauff in the final.

JAKE NISSE IN FLUSHING MEADOWS: Several times during Tuesday's US Open quarterfinal between Frances Tiafoe and Grigor Dimitrov, the Arthur Ashe Stadium camera panned to five-time tournament winner Roger Federer, almost as if to ask: who will rise to the occasion and place themselves alongside him in the history books? The last two winners, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, have been already eliminated and while world No. 1 Jannik Sinner remains, the competition certainly now has a more open feel than in years past. Tiafoe may not be the favorite to go the distance from here but he certainly ensured he remained in the running with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 4-1 win after Dimitrov retired - setting up an All-American semifinal vs. Taylor Fritz.

The US Open is well and truly up for grabs on the men's side of the draw following Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz's shock early exits. As a result of Alcaraz's and Djokovic's elimination, Italy's Jannik Sinner is now the 11/8 favourite with Sky Bet to win his second major and first at Flushing Meadows. Sinner entered the tournament under a cloud of controversy after he avoided suspension for testing positive for two banned substances.

Jannik Sinner has revealed the lesson he learnt from watching rivals Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic crash out of the US Open on consecutive nights. The men's draw was blown open after Alcaraz was upset by Botic van de Zandschulp and then Djokovic lost to Alexei Popyrin. Neither the No 2 or No 3 seed reached the fourth round, leaving the door open for Sinner to claim his first US Open title - and his second Grand Slam of the year.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: Jack Draper is into the fourth round of the US Open and will face Tomas Machac for a place in his first Grand Slam quarter final. The British No1 beat Botic van de Zandschulp, the conqueror of Carlos Alcaraz, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, with another nerveless display. The 22-year-old is improving rapidly and the next stage of his evolution is to make a deep run at a major. That his breakthrough could come in the very first Grand Slam after Andy Murray retired seems almost too good to be true; too poetic of a narrative.

DANIEL MATTHEWS ON ARTHUR ASHE: The black sleeve that ran up the arm of Christopher O'Connell carried a small, white lightning bolt behind his right elbow.  Unfortunately, any hopes the Australian had of causing another shock this Labor Day weekend were dashed in devastating style by Jannik Sinner. Sometimes, it only strikes twice. Arthur Ashe has become a graveyard of champions over the past couple of evenings - at least in the men's draw of this US Open.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: Amid gasps of astonishment at Carlos Alcaraz's shock defeat at the US Open, Jack Draper was given a golden chance. More tangentially, Dan Evans also benefits, as the two Britons now find themselves in a kind section of the draw from which one of eight men will emerge as a first-time Grand Slam semi-finalist.

JAKE NISSE IN FLUSHING MEADOWS: Carlos Alcaraz's US Open was never supposed to end like this - not this early, not with such little resistance. But Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp wasn't privy to that script as he dumped the evidently fatigued Spanish wunderkind out in the second round on Wednesday with a dominant 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 win. Alcaraz, the winner of the French Open and Wimbledon this year, never really got going here at Arthur Ashe as his opponent stretched the court - but his own decision making was to blame at times as well, and he branded the match a sort of emotional battle afterwards.