Thursday, September 25, 2025

ATP Tokyo — Ugo Humbert vs Jenson Brooksby

Event: Japan Open • Surface: Hard (outdoor, retractable roof)

🏆 2025 title: Marseille (d. Bublik, Sonego, Bergs; F vs Medjedovic).
🛫 Tokyo comfort: finalist here in 2024.
📈 Indoors sharp (4–0), hard 7–7 this season; lefty first-strike patterns still crisp.
⚠️ Patchy since spring (early exits at Rome/Miami/USO), but baseline timing usually returns fast in Asia.

🔙 Full-season reboot: Houston champion on clay in April; big hard-court wins (d. Auger-Aliassime at IW).
🎾 Grass surge (Eastbourne finalist), including a SF win over Humbert there.
🔄 2025 hard 6–8; form volatile but court craft and depth patterns travel well.
🧠 Problem-solver: excels at disrupting rhythm, taking time away with early BH redirects.