{"id":273399,"date":"2025-10-03T02:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/273399\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T02:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:16:15","slug":"former-us-open-semifinalist-shocked-by-what-jenson-brooksby-did-at-the-shanghai-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/273399\/","title":{"rendered":"Former US Open semifinalist shocked by what Jenson Brooksby did at the Shanghai Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

American tennis is in good shape right now, and Jenson Brooksby has won his first match at this year\u2019s Shanghai Masters. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Four American women are in the quarterfinals of the China Open<\/a>, and with Madison Keys<\/a> and Coco Gauff<\/a> winning majors this year, they\u2019re in great shape. <\/p>\n

When it comes to the men, Taylor Fritz<\/a>, Frances Tiafoe<\/a>, and Ben Shelton<\/a> are the three players hoping to end the USA\u2019s long wait for a men\u2019s singles champion in the coming years. <\/p>\n

Jenson Brooksby was praised by Jack Draper<\/a> at the start of this year, and the world number 57 has been showcasing exactly what he\u2019s capable of at the Shanghai Masters<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"JensonPhoto by Koji Watanabe\/Getty ImagesUS Open semifinalist praises Jenson Brooksby<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long road to the ATP<\/a> Tour for Brooksby, who has served a suspension and had wrist surgery already despite only being 24. <\/p>\n

His performance against James Trotter was impressive, however, as he came through 7-6, 6-1 to set up a second-round match against Tallon Griekspoor. <\/p>\n

Former US Open semifinalist Robbie Koenig was covering the game as a co-commentator for Sky Sports Tennis<\/a>, and he was very impressed with the American player. <\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think he looked good, he showed us what he\u2019s all about, epitomised the variety that he can bring. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe took a while to get to grips with how well Trotter was serving in that opening set, and by the time that tie-breaker came around, he was able to suss it out. Plenty of winners in tough conditions, and I couldn\u2019t believe how well he served. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf he keeps up that level of ratio of points won on his serve, then he\u2019s going to be in business. It wasn\u2019t always big, but it was always accurate; he had no double faults, and he defended that second serve with aplomb, offering no break points up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenson Brooksby stats vs James Trotter at the Shanghai Masters<\/p>\n

It\u2019s proving to be a pretty successful year for Brooksby on the tour, and with each performance, he will grow. <\/p>\n

The player was knocked out of the Japan Open by Fritz last week, but he will take heart from a clutch of American players pushing each other on the tour. <\/p>\n\nJenson Brooksby stats vs James Trotter<\/td>\nTotal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAces<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWin % on First Serve<\/td>\n84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nBreak Points<\/td>\n2\/4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPoints Won<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nService Points Won<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jenson Brooksby stats vs James Trotter<\/p>\n

Brooksby is clearly keen to make up for lost time, and the challenge for the player is to gain as much experience as possible and keep progressing as a player. <\/p>\n

As Koenig points out, his serve was extremely good, and given the stats he produced, there could be bigger days to come for Brooksby in the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American tennis is in good shape right now, and Jenson Brooksby has won his first match at this…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":273400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1479,13862,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-273399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-jenson-brooksby","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115307831970492526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}