Great appearance

In only his second Grand Slam appearance this year, after injury forced him to miss Roland Garros and Wimbledon, Alcaraz, ranked third in the world, appeared fully prepared to attempt to retain his Flushing Meadows title, which he also won in 2022. This victory would bring his total Grand Slam titles to eight, the first of which was in New York and the most recent in Australia earlier this season.

The Spaniard won his match against Paul 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 21 minutes.