Remarkable Jenson Brooksby wins the title in Houston. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – HOUSTON RESULTS

Jenson Brooksby stuns Frances Tiafoe 6-4 6-2 in the final in Houston on Sunday in what was an all-American match. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. This is the first time that Jenson conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the 1^st round. Here you can see when his history at this event.

Jenson added $ 43,105 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 103,455 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Jenson Brooksby vs. Frances Tiafoe US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

Brooksby’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Jenson scored 67 points vs. Tiafoe’s 46.

Brooksby

Jenson didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that he procured (5/6).

Tiafoe

On the other side, Tiafoe was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Brooksby and Tiafoe is 3-0 for Jenson.

This was the 1^st career title for Jenson. (see list of titles and finals). Frances remains with 4^th titles after he conquered the tournament in Delray Beach 2018, in Australia 2023, in Houston 2023 and in Stuttgart 2023. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Brooksby overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Jenson to win the set as Frances managed to break back in the 5^th (1-4) and in the 7^th (3-4) game. Brooksby maintained his cool to break Frances in the 10^th

(6-4) game.

Brooksby failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.

An important stage of this set was when Brooksby won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0. Nonetheless also Frances won 4 consecutive games from 0-4 to 4-4

Jenson was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2^nd

(1-0 30-40), the 4^th (3-0 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Frances converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 4^th (0-4 40-A), the 7^th (2-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 70 points. Brooksby conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Frances (41-29). Jenson lost 15 points on serve (25-15). In addition, on the other side, Frances conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

Brooksby in this set was much more effective than Tiafoe and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Tiafoe in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Frances had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Brooksby converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Brooksby didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. Jenson was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Tiafoe (26-17). Brooksby surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).