It’s not easy being one of the best tennis players in the world—at least not during the week leading up to the US Open’s main draw, when players are the main characters in their sponsors’ parties and events all over the city. On Friday night, five-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz was part of a big contingent of players, including Cameron Norrie, Sofia Kenin, Alex Eala, and Felix Auger Aliassime, at the South Street Seaport for a party thrown by Racquet magazine and Babolat to celebrate the latter company’s 150th anniversary.

We got a few minutes with Alcaraz to ask him about the hectic week—and about his plan of attack for facing the 6’11” American Reilly Opelka, who’s capable of hitting 140 m.p.h. serves, in his first-round match later today.

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