Carlos Alcaraz has showed up at the U.S. Open for his first-round match with a shaved head NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz showed up at the U.S. Open on Monday for his first-round match with a new look: a shaved head.

Carlos Alcaraz showed up at the U.S. Open on Monday for his first-round match with a new look: a shaved head. Alcaraz, who is seeded No. 2 at Flushing Meadows, caused a bit of a buzz with his buzz cut when he got to the tournament grounds before facing Reilly Opelka in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Carlos Alcaraz’s tennis may have been sharp on Monday night, but it was his dramatic new haircut that stole the headlines at Flushing Meadows. The world No 2 breezed into the second round of the US Open with a straight-sets victory over Reilly Opelka,