Carlos Alcaraz debuted a shaved head at the US Open. A haircut mishap caused the change. He defeated Reilly Opelka in the first round. Frances Tiafoe and Rory McIlroy teased Alcaraz about his new look.

The second round of the 2025 US Open kicks off on Day 4 as the bottom half of the men’s draw takes the courts in Flushing. No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz looks to follow up his straight-set Round 1 victory over Reilly Opelka when he takes on Italian Mattia Bellucci.

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have shared all the previous seven Grand Slam titles since the start of 2023. The two are hot favourites to meet in the US Open final. Here are records of both Sinner and Alcaraz at Flushing Meadows.

Sinner turned 24 years old on Saturday, while Alcaraz is 22. All of this is to say it’s not a surprise that top-ranked Sinner and Alcaraz are meeting in the finals of the 2025 Cincinnati Masters, one of the biggest non-Grand Slams on the tennis calendar and the warmup event for the U.S. Open.

Sabalenka is currently +285 to repeat as champion, second only to Iga Swiatek at +240. Sinner, meanwhile is favored to repeat at +110, slightly ahead of rival Carlos Alcaraz at +175. With some of those odds in mind, let's take a look at some of the best betting options to consider in both the men's and women's tournaments this year in New York.

How to watch Carlos Alcaraz's upcoming Round of 16 match at the Cincinnati Open against Luca Nardi on Wednesday.

Carlos Alcaraz will face World No. 11 Andrey Rublev in the Cincinnati Open quarterfinal Friday at 3 p.m. ET. Alcaraz is 3-1 all time against Rublev, most recently beating the Russian in the Round of 16 at Wimbledon. Alcaraz vs. Rublev will air on Tennis Channel, you can stream it on DirecTV (free trial).