\u201cHappy after a terrible start. I don\u2019t understand yet how I started that bad because the feeling before the match was good,\u201d said Nadal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut these kind of things sometimes happen so you need to accept and keep going. That\u2019s what I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was lucky that Fabio made some mistakes and I was able to start putting some balls in and finished the match playing obviously better, much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am practising much, much better than what I am playing. That\u2019s a positive thing. Then I need to make that happen in the matches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gasquet<\/strong>, a 2013 semi-finalist in New York, knocked out Serb 32nd seed Miomir Kecmanovic, winning 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong> also progressed into the US Open third round with an impressive straight-set win over Federico Coria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 19-year-old third seed continued his bid for a maiden Grand Slam title by beating Argentine Coria 6-2 6-1 7-5 on Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alcaraz is one of four players who could end the New York tournament as the world\u2019s top-ranked men\u2019s player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He will face Jenson Brooksby<\/strong> next after the American upset Croatia\u2019s Cincinnati winner Borna Coric 6-4 7-6 (12-10) 6-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coric, who missed seven set points in the second set, complained to the umpire about Brooksby\u2019s celebrations during the match, with his frustration boiling over early in the third set when he smashed his racquet on the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a surprise loss for Polish eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz, who fell to a four-set defeat by Belarusian Ilya Ivashka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world number 73 prevailed 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to set up a match against Italy\u2019s 26th seed Lorenzo Musetti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Russian ninth seed Andrey Rublev<\/strong> and Italian 11th seed Jannik Sinner<\/strong> both progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rublev won 6-3 6-0 6-4 against South Korean Kwon Soon-woo and will meet Canadian 19th seed Denis Shapovalov<\/strong>, a 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2 victor over Spain\u2019s Roberto Carballes Baena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Carlos](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/_126546292_gettyimages-1242829508.jpg\")