Barranco Cosano vs Broom

Challenger Hersonissos — Javier Barranco Cosano vs Charles Broom

Indoor Hard • Greece

ATP Challenger Indoors Form & Context

🧠 Form & Context

🇪🇸 Javier Barranco Cosano (#333, 175 cm, Lefty)

• 2025: 31–24 | Hard: 5–4 | Indoors: 0–1
• Recent: solid clay block (Braga QF); sprinkled hard wins (e.g., Tenerife R16 d. Ruusuvuori earlier this year).
• Profile: grinder with high rally tolerance; limited outright pop on quicker hard.
• Venue: first time at Hersonissos 6.

🇬🇧 Charles Broom (#367, 178 cm, Right)

• 2025: 34–19 | Hard: 33–14 | Indoors: 0–1
• Qualies here: d. Efstathiou 7–5, 6–4; d. Azoides 6–1, 6–2.
• Last week: d. Crawford, L Geerts.
• Profile: first-strike serve+FH patterns; heavy 2025 hard volume with multiple ITF titles.

📊 Tale of the Tape

Category	Edge	Quick note
Serve +1 / First strike	Broom	Plays up on indoor hard; quicker holds when landing 1st.
Return depth / Neutral	Barranco	Higher rally tolerance; can elongate exchanges.
Indoors recent reps	Broom	Quali rhythm + last week’s matches on-site.
Shotmaking upside	Broom	More easy power from serve/forehand patterns.
Scramble & defense	Barranco	Lefty counterpunch, depth to both corners.

🔎 Keys & Levers

• Broom 1st-serve clip: needs ≥64% to avoid neutral rallies where Barranco grinds.
• Barranco depth: pin Broom BH, remove forehand short-hops, make him hit extra balls.
• Scoreboard pressure: early BPs to Barranco swing dynamics; otherwise Broom snowballs with cheap holds.

Illustrative model lean

Approx. Broom 60% vs Barranco 40% (indoor-hard blend: serve/return, recent venue reps).

Upset path (Barranco) High 1st-serve %, deep CC to Broom BH, drag rallies past 6–7 shots; attack 2nd serve with lefty patterns.

🔮 Quick Read

Surface/venue lean to Broom’s first-strike tennis, but Barranco can muddy the waters with depth and length. If Broom’s serve hums, he should control tempo; if rallies stretch, one tight set is live.

Lean: Broom in 2 close sets (TB possible).

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