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Brooksby Salva VERY Match points y Vence a tabilo in Houston

The American advances to its first rooms on clay on the tour

April 02, 2025

Before this week, the only time Jenson Brooksby had added multiple wins in a single main team of the ATP Tour over clay, had been three years ago in Rome. But this Wednesday at Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship has done it again.

And miraculous.

Although he lost the first set, he was going down down in the second partial and decisive, and fell 3/6 in the final tie-break, the American won 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) to Chilean Alejandro Tabilo to access a few rooms of the tour of the Tour on clay for the first time in his career.

“I’m still a little surprised,” Broksby said in his interview on the court. “There were many comings and goings. I knew that he is a great competitor and that it would be a battle. I think he reminded me a little of my first game here. You never give up to the last point.”

Ex No. 33 of the PIF ATP Rankings, currently in position No. 507, continued to fight despite 4-6, 2-4. In addition, I lost 3-5 in the decisive. Tabilo recovered the illusion by saving a match point in 5-6 and headed towards the victory leading 6/3 the tiebreaker, in which he had the first two Match Points with his serve.

However, Brooksby prevented triumph No. 60 of the Chilean winning the last five points of the two -hour and 50 minutes encounter. This result against the current 32 of the world, third preclassified this week in Houston, supposes Brooksby his best clay victory in the ATP Tour.

For a place in its first semifinals in the circuit since January 2023 in Auckland, Brooskby will measure the local Aleksandar Kovacevic, who exceeded 6-3, 6-3 to the Frenchman Corentin Denolly, from the previous phase.

Later on the same track, an American defeated another Chilean in the decisive tie-break. Also tracing a 0-1 in sets, the first Tommy Paul series defeated Cristian Garín with partials of 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5) to add his first win in this event since 2022.

After two hours and 42 minutes of play, No. 13 of the PIF ATP Rankings stayed with the victory, its number 190 in the ATP Tour (26 of them on clay.

His next opponent will be his compatriot Colton Smith, from the previous phase and who defeated Ethan Quinn 6-3, 6-4.