Carlos Alcaraz explains shocking haircut

Carlos Alcaraz surprised fans when he showed up at the U.S. Open this week with a shaved head. Now we know how he ended up with that look — and here’s the kicker: it was not premeditated.

The Spaniard, who is the No. 2 seed in the men’s singles tournament, beat Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in their first-round match at Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday night. He was asked by the media after the match about his hair.

Alcaraz explained that his brother was giving him a haircut, messed up, and the only way to fix it was to buzz it all off.

“I felt like my hair was really long already. Before the tournament, I just really wanted to get a haircut. Suddenly, my brother misunderstood with the machine. He just cut it, and the only way to fix it was to shave it off. … To be honest, it’s not that bad, I guess,” Alcaraz said.

Alcaraz was asked what happened to his usual barber — Victor — and said that New York was too far for him to travel, which left his brother to conduct the haircut. Alcaraz isn’t too worried about how things turned out.

“I’m not really into the hair at all. I’m the guy who thinks like, ‘the hair grows.’ In a few days, it’s going to be OK I guess. It just happened, and that’s it.”