Jenson Brooksby stuns Alejandro Tabilo 3-6 6-4 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Houston on Wednesday. Brooksby will have to play Aleksandar Kovacevic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 8,620 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 20,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jenson will add $ 14,925 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,480 in total.
Highlights Jenson Brooksby vs. Alejandro Tabilo US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Brooksby scored 108 points vs. Alejandro’s 106.
Brooksby
Brooksby served extremely well to win 79% of the points (45/57) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 45% points (19/42) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Tabilo
On the other side, Tabilo wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Brooksby and Tabilo is 2-1 for Jenson.
Draw and next match H2H: Jenson Brooksby vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic – stats
Brooksby will come up against Kovacevic in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Jenson Brooksby and Aleksandar Kovacevic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brooksby (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tabilo clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Alejandro was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alejandro didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 70 points. Alejandro was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Jenson (38-32). Alejandro conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).
Brooksby conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The American broke back in the 8th
(4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.Brooksby failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Tabilo was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.
The American converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tabilo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40).
They contested 58 points. This set was so close that, The American won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The American surrendered 10 points on serve (15-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Alejandro conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Brooksby had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Alejandro Tabilo in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for the American to win the set (7-6) as there were no other breaks.
Tiebreak
The American won 3 minibreaks in the 10th (4-6), 11th (5-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Alejandro won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 9th (6-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Brooksby converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Jenson saved 5 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 85 points. Brooksby was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Chilean (47-38). The American dropped 7 points on serve (26-7). on the other side of the net, the Chilean conceded 21 points on serve (31-21).
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-3 6-3)
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (3-6 6-4 7-66)
- Colton SmithSmith – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Cristian GarinGarin (2-6 6-2 7-65)
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