US President Donald Trump is planning to attend the men’s singles final at the U.S. Open on Sunday as a client guest and will watch the match from that client’s suite, a spokesperson for the U.S. Tennis Association said Friday, as reported by AP.
The USTA did not identify which client Trump will be a guest of. It’s set to be Trump’s first appearance at the Grand Slam tournament in New York since 2015.
“I think that… it is a privilege for the tournaments having the president from every country just to support the tournament, to support tennis, and to support the match,” Alcaraz said on Friday.
“For me, playing in front of him… I will try not to think about it. I don’t want myself to be nervous because of it, but I think, you know, attending the tennis match, it’s great for tennis to have the president (at) the final.”
The last sitting president to attend the tennis Grand Slam in New York — and the first in history to come to the US Open — was Democrat Bill Clinton, who watched the women’s final in 2000.
(This is a developing story)