Preview: Australian Open: Taylor Fritz vs. Jenson Brooksby - prediction, form, head-to-head

Fresh disconnected helping the United States triumph the United Cup earlier successful the year, Taylor Fritz begins his quest for a archetypal singles Grand Slam rubric erstwhile helium faces chap American Jenson Brooksby successful the opening circular of the Australian Open.

In the past Grand Slam of 2024, Fritz mislaid the last of the US Open to Jannik Sinner successful consecutive sets, portion Brooksby volition vie successful his archetypal tourney since receiving a lengthy suspension for missing 3 doping tests.

Match preview

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Several times past year, it looked similar Fritz would yet interruption done and triumph a large tournament, but that archetypal Grand Slam rubric eluded him each time.

The 27-year-old from California has made it to the past 8 successful 4 of the past 5 Grand Slam tournaments, with his archetypal quality successful a singles last occurring successful Flushing Meadows this past summer.

He has made it beyond the opening circular successful six consecutive Australian Open singles events and has not exited a Grand Slam tourney that aboriginal since the 2022 US Open erstwhile helium was upset by Brandon Holt successful 4 sets.

In 2 of his last 3 singles tourney matches connected the hard tribunal past year, Fritz was ousted successful his opening match, losing to Jack Draper astatine the ATP Masters 1000 successful Paris past October.

To this signifier of the caller year, helium has won 79% of his archetypal service points connected a hard tribunal aboveground portion boasting an awesome 90% regarding work games won.

On the different hand, the Rancho Palos Verdes nonmigratory has not been arsenic large erstwhile disconnected serve, winning a specified 17% of his instrumentality games connected the hard tribunal this year.

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After a lengthy spell distant from the court, Jenson Brooksby is backmost and hoping to marque up for truthful overmuch mislaid time, opening this week.

Although helium denies ever doping, helium accepted the prohibition levied connected him by the International Tennis Integrity Agency, undergoing wrist country earlier that, which kept him retired for implicit a twelve weeks.

The antiaircraft baseliner, who specialises successful winning baseline rallies, past competed successful a Grand Slam singles lawsuit astatine the 2023 Aussie Open erstwhile American Tommy Paul took him retired successful consecutive sets.

While helium has go renowned for his unorthodox benignant and changeable mechanics, Brooksby has made it beyond the opening circular successful his past 3 Grand Slam tournaments.

It has been immoderate clip since helium past played successful a large event, though, and successful 2023, helium won 51% of his 2nd instrumentality points but was lone capable to triumph 28% of his instrumentality games.

That aforesaid year, helium won 81% of his work games and was capable to prevention 68% of his interruption points portion winning 62% of his full work points.

Head To Head

US Open (2021) - Second Round: Brooksby wins 7-7 (7) 7-6 (10) 7-5 6-2

In the lone anterior gathering betwixt these two, Brooksby someway persevered contempt conceding 15 aces successful the match, winning 69% of his archetypal service points, with Fritz lone won 56% of his.

We say: Fritz to triumph successful 3 sets

Given however agelong it has been since Brooksby competed successful a tourney of this magnitude, we expect it volition instrumentality immoderate clip for him to get acclimated to lucifer situations.

He volition beryllium facing a antheral who has performed consistently good successful Grand Slams precocious and volition beryllium bare to get that elusive large rubric sooner alternatively than later.

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