Nakashima and Brooksby

[jrstrat]

Brooksby beats Davidovich 7-5 6-0. Davidovich broke to tie it up 5-5 in the first set and then Brooksby won the last 8 games in the match. He just ground Davidovich into submission in the second set. Brooksby is such a unique player. He needs to improve his first serve and his overhead is also pretty weak but he can still win these matches against top 50 players easily. Brooksby had two overheads that you would see in a 3.5 level match. That being said, he still cruises to a win.

Diego Schwartzman beat Nakashima 4 and 2. Brooksby vs Schwartzman is going to be a battle tomorrow.

 

[atatu]

Brooksby beats Davidovich 7-5 6-0. Davidovich broke to tie it up 5-5 in the first set and then Brooksby won the last 8 games in the match. He just ground Davidovich into submission in the second set. Brooksby is such a unique player. He needs to improve his first serve and his overhead is also pretty weak but he can still win these matches against top 50 players easily. Brooksby had two overheads that you would see in a 3.5 level match. That being said, he still cruises to a win.

Diego Schwartzman beat Nakashima 4 and 2. Brooksby vs Schwartzman is going to be a battle tomorrow.

Wow, that's impressive !

 

[jrstrat]

Wow, that's impressive !

I can't find it but I think you had a post on the main board that Fritz will be the top ranked American player over the next couple of years. I think it will be close between Opelka, Fritz, Brooksby and Korda but I think Brooksby will be the top ranked American player within 6 to 9 months. His current ATP ranking point total includes about 8 tournaments from m15/m25/challenger with about 100 combined ATP points. He has a great chance to replace these with solid ATP main event points which will move him up the rankings fast. He will get another 102 ATP points from the Antwerp tourney alone and more if he beats Diego today.

 

[Wild Card]

Currently Brooksby a ser and a break down to Scwartzman. At the changeover, Brooksby swapped his shirt and seemed to have a lot of taping on his torso in addition to tape on his arm. Hope it isn't impacting his game….

 

[atatu]

Diego was too much for both of them.

 

[mikej]

Brooksby is a tall dude, 6 ft 4', but his serve is horrible. I can't imagine he will crack the top 100's but I could be wrong.

Brooksby now with a live ranking of #56

 

[jrstrat]

Brooksby took this last week off but is in the qualifying rounds of the Paris tennis masters with his first match later today. Nakashima decided to play a challenger event this week and is in the semis.

Not college tennis but lets give some props to Tiafoe and Fritz. Tiafoe beat Tsitsipas, Diego S and now Skinner and is in the finals of a 500 event vs Zverev. Fritz is in the finals of a 250 event vs Cilic. Both guys are playing great and just need to be able to play consistently like this and they could be in the top 20 soon, maybe even in the top 10. Time will tell.

 

[mikej]

#26 Isner - 36 yo
#27 Opelka - 24 yo
#28 Fritz - 23 yo
#37 Korda - 21 yo
#49 Tiafoe - 23 yo
#53 Paul - 24 yo
#56 McDonald - 26 yo
#60 Giron - 28 yo
#66 Brooksby - 20 yo
#74 Nakashima - 20 yo
#89 Johnson - 31 yo
#90 Kudla - 29 yo
#93 Sandgren - 30 yo
#98 Querrey - 34 yo

not even two weeks after this post, and...
Fritz up to #26
Tiafoe up to #41
McDonald up to #54 (career high)
Brooksby up to #56 (career high)
Giron up to #57 (career high)
Nakashima up to #65 (career high)

that's 10 Americans in the top 65 in the world

plus Wolf and Kozlov looking good in the finals of Vegas CH

these young Americans have a lot of momentum as '21 comes to a close, and they're going to be everywhere you look in Grand Slam and Masters events in '22

 

[jrstrat]

Brooksby qualifies for the Paris Masters event and plays Andy Murray tomorrow in the first round of the main draw.

 

[mikej]

Brooksby qualifies for the Paris Masters event and plays Andy Murray tomorrow in the first round of the main draw.

fascinating matchup of baseline tacticians

 

[Booger]

Brooksby qualifies for the Paris Masters event and plays Andy Murray tomorrow in the first round of the main draw.

Might actually be an interesting match, if you're into masochism.

 

[JLyon]

Might actually be an interesting match, if you're into masochism.

over under on 4hrs

 

[ClarkC]

Nakashima qualified for the under-21 Milan ATP NextGen year-end championships event, joining Korda and Brooksby. Three young Americans in that tournament is quite impressive.

 

[Liam Grennon]

Brooksby qualifies for the Paris Masters event and plays Andy Murray tomorrow in the first round of the main draw.

Brooksby withdraws.

 

[jrstrat]

Brooksby withdraws.

Twitter is reporting an ab injury. I hope he gets healthy soon.

 

[mikej]

Twitter is reporting an ab injury. I hope he gets healthy soon.

lot of high level tennis for him in the last 2ish months, not surprising, and fortunately coming at a pretty good time as 2021 winds down

 

[andfor]

lot of high level tennis for him in the last 2ish months, not surprising, and fortunately coming at a pretty good time as 2021 winds down

Hopefully he can be healthy for the upcoming year end Next Gen finals in Italy.

 

[andfor]

Brooksby withdraws from Next Gen finals.

 

[happyandbob]

Brooksby withdraws from Next Gen finals.

That's disappointing.

 

[andfor]

That's disappointing.

Agree. On the other hand likely a very good move to be ready and fully healthy to start 2022.

 

[jrstrat]

not even two weeks after this post, and...
Fritz up to #26
Tiafoe up to #41
McDonald up to #54 (career high)
Brooksby up to #56 (career high)
Giron up to #57 (career high)
Nakashima up to #65 (career high)

that's 10 Americans in the top 65 in the world

plus Wolf and Kozlov looking good in the finals of Vegas CH

these young Americans have a lot of momentum as '21 comes to a close, and they're going to be everywhere you look in Grand Slam and Masters events in '22

Fritz, Giron and Korda all reach the round of 16 in the Paris tennis Masters. Giron loses to Rudd and Korda loses a tough 3 set match to Medvedev but Fritz advances to the quarters. Fritz plays Joker later today and Novak hasn't played much lately so probably a good time to get him. Just like you said, Americans are all over the place in these events.

 

[mikej]

Just like you said, Americans are all over the place in these events.

From now on, many / most GS and Masters events are likely to have USA vs USA matches here and there, where one American is guaranteed to win and get some valuable points. We saw it this week with Giron-Tiafoe, in Antwerp with Opelka-Brooksby, in St Petersburg with Fritz-Paul, and in Indian Wells with both Fritz-Nakashima and Tiafoe-Korda.

Every ranking point guaranteed to go to an American helps.

 

[atatu]

Nakashima made Rune look pretty bad in the NextGen today, after dropping the first set.

 

[mikej]

From now on, many / most GS and Masters events are likely to have USA vs USA matches here and there, where one American is guaranteed to win and get some valuable points. We saw it this week with Giron-Tiafoe, in Antwerp with Opelka-Brooksby, in St Petersburg with Fritz-Paul, and in Indian Wells with both Fritz-Nakashima and Tiafoe-Korda.

Every ranking point guaranteed to go to an American helps.

again this week with Paul over Tiafoe, giving Paul his career high ranking

American depth helping all of them climb the ladder

 

[antony]

he got outplayed

 

[mikej]

he got outplayed

they played several times recently, and certainly Kozlov won the most important one to win the AO main draw wildcard - he could win a round with the right draw and give his career a second life, rooting for him

 

[Lewolv]

I've seen wolf playing a few times. he's just a heavy hitter with no shots variety and strategy. plus it seems he got a mindset of a 12 years old kid. if he wants to win majors he better change that. he's a great player, but for college and challenger's for now . IMO, No offense.

 

[mikej]

I've seen wolf playing a few times. he's just a heavy hitter with no shots variety and strategy. plus it seems he got a mindset of a 12 years old kid. if he wants to win majors he better change that. he's a great player, but for college and challenger's for now . IMO, No offense.

I’m not sure anyone has suggested he’s capable of winning majors

I’ve arguably written the most bull-ish words re: Wolf on this forum when I suggested a year or two ago he’d have a better career than Kudla, and while I’m not confident that’s going to happen anymore, he still has time

no, he’s not going to win a major or be top 10, ever

 

[Nostradamus]

he got outplayed

lol,, Kozlov shows you how talented he really is, finally

 

[Nostradamus]

Why isn't Brooksby and Nakashima playing in davis cup ?

 

[Lewolv]

Why isn't Brooksby and Nakashima playing in davis cup ?

injury

 

[JW10S]

they played several times recently, and certainly Kozlov won the most important one to win the AO main draw wildcard - he could win a round with the right draw and give his career a second life, rooting for him

Yeah, I'm rooting for him too. I've seen first hand at the USTA training center in Carson how hard Kozlov works and it must be tough for him to see some of his contemporaries, and players he was once ranked above, making it on the main tour while he grinds away in the lower levels. I first saw him play about 6 years ago or so in a Futures and am a little surprised he is where he is.

 

[andfor]

Why isn't Brooksby and Nakashima playing in davis cup ?

Why did they play Sock who couldn't make it 4 games in dubs instead of Ram? Seemed to me he was hurt before the match even started.

 

[happyandbob]

Why did they play Sock who couldn't make it 4 games in dubs instead of Ram? Seemed to me he was hurt before the match even started.

Sock is struggling to win Challengers, why the heck is he playing DC

 

[andfor]

Sock is struggling to win Challengers, why the heck is he playing DC

Although his ranking and recent results don't show it, Sock is still widely regarded as one of the best doubles players on the planet. That said, he is making a comeback, singles ranking inching up, had some results (1 doubles title this year) and I anticipate seeing him back to full tour level in 2022.

Should have played Ram. Yeah, hindsight it 20/20. This guys results from this year are super solid. #4 doubles ranking and currently the highest ranked American male singles and doubles.

 

[atatu]

I know I sound like a broken record, but Isner should not have been out there, he just had a kid and hasn't been playing matches and even before that he couldn't beat Nakashima, there was no reason for him to be on the team when you have Korda or Nakashima available (Brooksby injured). Korda put up a much better fight against Sinner than Isner did for sure. I think Fish choose his old buddies to play, which was a huge mistake.

 

[andfor]

I know I sound like a broken record, but Isner should not have been out there, he just had a kid and hasn't been playing matches and even before that he couldn't beat Nakashima, there was no reason for him to be on the team when you have Korda or Nakashima available (Brooksby injured). Korda put up a much better fight against Sinner than Isner did for sure. I think Fish choose his old buddies to play, which was a huge mistake.

Seems like the same old DC decision process that's been going on for many years. When there's little perceived ranking and results difference between aging veterans and young guns this is type of line up we'll get. Until the youngsters create undisputable superiority compared to the old vets I can only guess from the captains seat is politically and a safe game day decision. Of course it's somewhat easy being an armchair QB, there's likely many factors we'll never know, still seem fair to question. Hopefully 2022 will be different.

 

[Nostradamus]

What is happening to this NCAA champion ? he can't beat anyone in the challengers and even struggling in the futures. lol

 

[bobleenov1963]

What is happening to this NCAA champion ? he can't beat anyone in the challengers and even struggling in the futures. lol

He is not hanging out with Andy Murray enough, LOL....

Both Jubb and Nuno Borges (whom Jubb beat in the NCAA final) are struggling on the tour.

 

[silentkman]

What is happening to this NCAA champion ? he can't beat anyone in the challengers and even struggling in the futures. lol

He just made two finals of a 25K within the past month. he obviously still has a long way to go. there is a reason these guys played college tennis.

 

[atatu]

He just made two finals of a 25K within the past month. he obviously still has a long way to go. there is a reason these guys played college tennis.

Exactly it takes some time to make the transition, looks like Noah Rubin is struggling as well.

 

[James P]

He is not hanging out with Andy Murray enough, LOL....

Both Jubb and Nuno Borges (whom Jubb beat in the NCAA final) are struggling on the tour.

Borges just won his first challenger and has a 27-18 record this year (60%) on the Challenger Tour. That's not "struggling." I don't know that he'll ever be a big time star, kind of doubt it, but he'll make the ATP Tour at some point in the next year or two (ie top 100, maybe top 50).

 

[andfor]

Borges just won his first challenger and has a 27-18 record this year (60%) on the Challenger Tour. That's not "struggling." I don't know that he'll ever be a big time star, kind of doubt it, but he'll make the ATP Tour at some point in the next year or two (ie top 100, maybe top 50).

Have to add Borges just beat Ryan Peniston U of Memphis who made his first challenger finals in Antalya this last Sunday . Along with Jubb they are all still making progress. Slowly but making progress. There are some who think everyone bursts on the ATP with little to no futures and challenger levels struggles. Wrong.

Jubb is 85-12 this year with 5 futures titles. It would take a Standford player 4 years to amass this kind of record.

https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/jubb-claims-tour-leading-fifth-itf-title-of-2021-in-harlingen/

I'll chalk this up as a troll.

 

[silentkman]

Have to add Borges just beat Ryan Peniston U of Memphis who made his first challenger finals in Antalya this last Sunday . Along with Jubb they are all still making progress. Slowly but making progress. There are some who think everyone bursts on the ATP with little to no futures and challenger levels struggles. Wrong.

Jubb is 85-12 this year with 5 futures titles. It would take a Standford player 4 years to amass this kind of record.

https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/jubb-claims-tour-leading-fifth-itf-title-of-2021-in-harlingen/

I'll chalk this up as a troll.

being on the tour is brutal. Jubb won $3,600 with the 25K win. Ii think he has 3 more years to prove himself. according to the USTA, the cost 140K just to play on the tour. i do wonder what kind of funding Jubb is receiving.

 

[ClarkC]

being on the tour is brutal. Jubb won $3,600 with the 25K win. Ii think he has 3 more years to prove himself. according to the USTA, the cost 140K just to play on the tour. i do wonder what kind of funding Jubb is receiving.

The British Lawn Tennis Association recently had a program to support young players by matching their Futures (and maybe Challenger) winnings. They probably still do that.

 

[andfor]

The British Lawn Tennis Association recently had a program to support young players by matching their Futures (and maybe Challenger) winnings. They probably still do that.

I believe you are correct. I think the name of the program is the LTA Tour Bonus Scheme.

 

[bobleenov1963]

I think Andy Murray gave a lot of his personal fortune to support young British tennis players. Some years ago, the UK press mentioned that when Murray won the 2013 Wimbledon, first British to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry, instead of taking money to endorse a product, Murray asked for a small percentage of the company. That was a very smart move on Murray because one of the products went IPO and Murray got a 10,000% return.

 

[bobleenov1963]

Have to add Borges just beat Ryan Peniston U of Memphis who made his first challenger finals in Antalya this last Sunday . Along with Jubb they are all still making progress. Slowly but making progress. There are some who think everyone bursts on the ATP with little to no futures and challenger levels struggles. Wrong.

Jubb is 85-12 this year with 5 futures titles. It would take a Standford player 4 years to amass this kind of record.

https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/jubb-claims-tour-leading-fifth-itf-title-of-2021-in-harlingen/

I'll chalk this up as a troll.

what are Jubb and Borges rankings again?

 

[JW10S]

Former UCLA player Max Cressy is now #112 after winning a Challenger last week and reaching the quarters of another in Italy this week--he continues to rise steadily in the rankings.

And former Wake Forrest player Borna Gojo had a great week playing Davis Cup for Croatia. Croatia reached the finals and Gojo had wins over #61 Popyrin, #27 Sonego and #33 Lajovic along the way and was named the tournament's MVP. One could argue that his dual match experience in college helped him in DC.

 

[andfor]

what are Jubb and Borges rankings again?

Google it and tell us.