Carlos Alcaraz was already in the final by the time he dropped a set last year in the US Open.
According to Fox, Alcaraz tried to look at the positives after missing four months with a right wrist injury, the extra work might help.
Alcaraz said, “I wanted to be quick, to be honest. I’m not going to lie. But at the end, I realized that just playing four sets, it was really good for me to test everything physically, to test my body, how I feel, and tomorrow how I’m going to feel after this match.”
The defending champion rebounded from a quick deficit by winning eight straight games and beat Jaime Faria 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday night.
The No. 2-seeded Alcaraz dropped his serve midway through the first set but soon was back to playing long stretches of flawless tennis.
“After that I just tried to be focused, tried to stay calm and I’m thinking that good things are going to happen again,” Alcaraz said.
Alcaraz did not drop a set last year until the final against Jannik Sinner, becoming the first man since Roger Federer in 2015 to go through his first six matches without doing so. He then beat Sinner in four sets for his second US Open title.
