US Open: Carlos Alcaraz to face Safiullin on return as Sabalenka gets tricky draw
Alcaraz back in action after four-month injury layoff Novak Djokovic faces Mariano Navone in first round Carlos Alcaraz has been handed a tough draw on his return to singles competition after a four-month injury layoff as he faces the in-form Russian Roman Safiullin in the first round of the US Open. Alcaraz, the defending champion in New York, has not competed in singles since sustaining a right wrist injury at the
Open original article- Ledger record
- #3622
- First seen
- 27 Aug 2026, 18:42 UTC
- Last checked
- 27 Aug 2026, 19:57 UTC
- Version history
- 2 versions
- Current fingerprint
d29bcd3e25e3...1b1723
Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 27 Aug 2026, 18:34 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Tumaini Carayol in New York
- Section
- US Open Tennis 2026
Alcaraz back in action after four-month injury layoff Novak Djokovic faces Mariano Navone in first round Carlos Alcaraz has been handed a tough draw on his return to singles competition after a four-month injury layoff as he faces the in-form Russian Roman Safiullin in the first round of the US Open. Alcaraz, the defending champion in New York, has not competed in singles since sustaining a right wrist injury at the
Change layer
Observed version timeline
-
2
US Open: Carlos Alcaraz to face Safiullin on return as Sabalenka gets tricky draw
Alcaraz back in action after four-month injury layoff Novak Djokovic faces Mariano Navone in first round Carlos Alcaraz has been handed a tough draw on his return to singles competition after a four-month injury layoff as he faces the in-form Russian Roman Safiullin in the first round of the US Open. Alcaraz, the defending champion in New York, has not competed in singles since sustaining a right wrist injury at the
Changed fieldsdescriptionTextcontentText- Version SHA-256
d29bcd3e25e3...1b1723- Capture SHA-256
39fa5ea093fe...5e68a6
-
1
US Open: Carlos Alcaraz to face Safiullin on return as Sabalenka gets tricky draw
Alcaraz back in action after four-month injury layoff Novak Djokovic faces Mariano Navone in first round Carlos Alcaraz has been handed a tough draw on his return to singles competition after a four-month injury layoff as he faces the in-form Russian Roman Safiullin in the first round of the US Open. Alcaraz, the defending champion in New York, has not competed in singles since sustaining a right wrist injury at the
Changed fieldstitlebylinedescriptionTextcontentTextsourcePublishedAtsourceUpdatedAtsectionimageUrltags- Version SHA-256
a20dd761578c...6f8209- Capture SHA-256
6c266e675bd4...b0679f
Interpretation layer
Labels with declared origins
Publisher categories are copied from source metadata. Machine signals report observable wording or format and do not determine truth, intent, ethics, or wrongdoing.
- machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
- publisher category Sport rss-category
- publisher category Tennis rss-category
- publisher category US Open Tennis 2026 rss-category
- publisher category US Open tennis rss-category
Public response layer
Reception snapshots
Comment counts and samples remain absent until a lawful, source-specific capture method is reviewed. Absence is recorded instead of estimated.
Evidence layer
Capture provenance
- Capture ID
- #3268
- Observed
- 27 Aug 2026, 19:12 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 492,331 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt