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Defending U.S. Open champ Alcaraz returns as a favourite of the fans, but not of the oddsmakers

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Carlos Alcaraz wishes he could go a little more unnoticed as he tries to move around the home of the U.S. Open. That's not possible, of course.

New York is the last place to find quiet when you're the star of the show, and even at just 20 years old, it appears the Spaniard is already that in tennis.

He may not be the favourite of the oddsmakers despite being the defending champion — Novak Djokovic is back, after all — but he certainly seems to be a popular choice among fans.

They will have to wait one more day to watch him. Alcaraz isn't on the schedule Monday for the first day of play, when top-ranked Iga Swiatek opens her title defence in the afternoon and both 19-year-old Coco Gauff and Djokovic play at night.

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