India, Aug. 26 -- Former champion Carlos Alcaraz showed up on day 2 of the US Open on Monday for his first-round match against Reilly Opelka in Arthur Ashe Stadium with a new look-a shaved head. And it created quite a buzz, with Frances Tiafoe calling it "horrible." The Spaniard later revealed the truth.

When Alcaraz landed in New York last week after his Cincinnati haul for the mixed doubles alongside Emma Raducanu, he had a full head of hair. And it remained the same across his previous two training sessions at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in preparation for the tournament.

However, on the day of his first-round match, when he ran into Rory McIlroy during his training, the golf star reached out his hand to rub the ...