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Brooksby vs Cobolli — US Open 2R Preview
🧠 Form & Context
Jenson Brooksby (No. 92, age 24)
- 🇺🇸 Quirky shotmaker returning to Flushing Meadows after suspension.
- 📊 2025: 22–18 overall, 6–7 on hard.
- 🔥 Highlights: ATP Houston champion (clay), Eastbourne finalist (grass).
- 🏟️ US Open: R16 (2021), R3 (2022) — dangerous on home soil.
- ⚠️ R1: Outlasted Vukic in five (6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4). Fight is there; best-of-five stamina still a question.
Flavio Cobolli (No. 26, age 23)
- 🇮🇹 Breakthrough year; surged after Hamburg title (d. Rublev in final).
- 📊 2025: 31–21 overall, 7–10 on hard.
- 🔥 Slams: AO R1, RG R3, Wimbledon QF (l. Djokovic).
- 🏟️ US Open: First R2 here (Q in 2022, R1 in 2024).
- ⚠️ R1: Needed five vs Passaro. Seven of his last 10 matches went the distance — resilient but mileage is piling up.
🔍 Match Breakdown
Head-to-Head: Brooksby leads 1–0 (Rome 2022, straight sets).
Styles: Brooksby disrupts rhythm with funky tempos and court craft, dragging foes into awkward exchanges — a natural fit in NY conditions. Cobolli brings cleaner baseline punch and confidence from Hamburg/Wimbledon, but can be tempted into longer rallies he doesn’t always finish.
Physical factor: Both come off five-setters. Cobolli has been living in marathons; Brooksby is still proving his five-set engine post-suspension.
Edge calculus: Season consistency tilts Cobolli; environment and matchup nuance (Brooksby’s chaos factor) keep the underdog very live.
🔮 Prediction
Feels like a grind fest with momentum swings. If Cobolli’s legs hold, his heavier baseline weight should shade the big points; if this turns into extended cat-and-mouse, Brooksby’s New York comfort can flip it late.
Pick: Cobolli in five sets — upset potential live if Brooksby feeds off the Ashe/Ny crowd and stretches rallies.
📊 Tale of the Tape (Qualitative)
- H2H: Brooksby 1–0 (Rome 2022).
- Form snapshot (2025): Brooksby 22–18 (6–7 hard) vs Cobolli 31–21 (7–10 hard).
- Rally control: Structured pace favors Cobolli; broken rhythms/lengthy exchanges lean Brooksby.
- Stamina watch: Cobolli’s marathon trend vs Brooksby’s post-layoff endurance.
- Big-match reps: Brooksby’s USO pedigree (R16/R3) vs Cobolli’s first R2 in New York.
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