Carlos Alcaraz recovers from slow start to overcome tricky Jaime Faria test

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Alcaraz[/a], who is playing in New York after returning from a four-month layoff due to a wrist injury, defeated his 72nd-ranked opponent [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/alcaraz-garfia-c-UkhgIFEq/faria-j-ETojuYQP/?mid=CpKK9Ia4"]4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2[/a] in 2hr 40 min at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.[/p][p]Alcaraz, who will face China's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wu-yibing/8ASNvPfK/"]Wu Yibing[/a] in the third round, blamed his first set problems on a failure to convert a golden break point opportunity that would have given him a 4-2 lead.[/p][p]Instead, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/faria-jaime/ETojuYQP/"]Faria[/a] leveled at 3-3 and then broke Alcaraz in the next game to go 4-3 up.[/p][p]"[b]Tough match for me. Obviously the first set, I was feeling great, I had break point, I missed it,[/b]" Alcaraz said.[/p][p]"[b]After that I was in a rush. I did't take time, I wasn't patient and that obviously cost me the break.[/b][/p][p]"Against someone like Jaime, he's serving 140, 141 (mph), it's very difficult.[/p][p]"[b]I tried to stay calm ... think good things are going to happen again.[/b]"[/p][image alt="Match stats: Faria vs Alcaraz" id="b4c61675-644b-4f42-96c7-81bdf73c2e38" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="fec7948b-c1da-4005-9bad-2b404be17caf" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Faria meanwhile was left ruing his inability to build on an impressive opening set. The 23-year-old's serve fell apart in the second while Alcaraz upped the tempo and began to find a telling extra zip in his groundstrokes.[/p][p]Although Alcaraz had to save two break points in the opening game before holding, it was all one-way traffic thereafter.[/p][p][b]Faria was broken three times as Alcaraz went through the gears to take control of the contest.[/b][/p][p]The Spaniard's momentum extended into the third set, with Faria broken again to go 2-0 down.[/p][p]Faria hit back with a break of Alcaraz's serve to make it 2-1, but was soon back in trouble after being broken in the next game to trail 3-1.[/p][p]The set went with serve thereafter as Alcaraz took a 2-1 lead.[/p][p]Alcaraz went a double break up in the fourth to move into a 5-1 lead and served out to seal victory.[/p][infobox id="3dc51b3a-107f-482b-9173-a97d347ef1b3" /]