India, Aug. 26 -- Carlos Alcaraz, who often poses questions for which his opponents have no answer to, had a query for the crowd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Monday night.

"I gotta ask the people if they like the new haircut or not," Alcaraz said during the post-match interview. "I think they like it." The roar provided the answer.

The Spaniard walked onto court for his first round US Open match sporting an all-purple kit. And a buzzcut that has created quite a stir at the Billie Jean King Tennis Centre. The tournament's official X handle called it "2000 David Beckham". Frances Tiafoe said it was "definitely terrible," although a laughing Alcaraz claimed the US player had told him it looked good.

But it did little to distr...