Tebchaws Asmeskas Jenson Brooksby Upsets No. 2 Seed Casper Ruud At Australian Open

Jenson Brooksby ntawm Asmeskas ua kev zoo siab tom qab kov yeej Casper Ruud ntawm Norway hauv lawv qhov thib ob … [+] sib tw ntawm Australian Open tennis championship hauv Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Lub Ib Hlis 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Thaum qhov kev pabcuam tawm ntawm Jenson Brooksby's racquet tau rov qab ntev los ntawm No. 2 noob Casper Ruud nyob rau hauv plaub txheej, Brooksby tsa nws txhais caj npab hauv kev kov yeej, taug kev mus rau lub vas, tshem tawm nws lub kaus mom baseball thiab tuav tes nrog Ruud.

Nws yog qhov kev yeej loj tshaj plaws ntawm Brooksby txoj haujlwm.

Lub hnub nyoog 22-xyoo-laus Sacramento tau poob Ruud, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-2 hauv 3 teev, 34 feeb kom nce mus rau qhov thib peb ntawm Australian Open.

Brooksby txoj kev yeej tuaj txog 24 teev tom qab Mackenzie McDonald, 27-xyoo-laus phooj ywg nyob rau sab qaum teb California, tshem tawm No. 1 noob thiab tiv thaiv tus yeej Rafael Nadal nyob rau hauv ncaj poob lawm.

Ob khub ntawm kev ntxhov siab loj heev los ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas yog thawj zaug txij li xyoo 1994 French Open uas ob lub noob sab saum toj tau raug tshem tawm los ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas.

Brooksby yog ranked 39th thiab ua nws Australian Open debut. Nws yuav tsum nkag mus rau ib xyoos dhau los tab sis tuaj nrog COVID-19 hnub ua ntej nws yuav tsum ya mus rau Australia.

"Vam tias qhov no yog thawj zaug ntawm ntau ntau xyoo zoo nyob ntawm no," Brooksby hais.

Cov neeg Asmeskas JJ Wolf, Tommy Paul thiab Ben Shelton kuj tau nce mus rau qhov thib peb nrog yeej rau hnub Thursday, thaum No. 16 Frances Tiafoe thiab No. 29 Sebastian Korda yeej hnub Wednesday.

"Qhov no yog ib qho kev sib tw heev rau cov neeg Asmeskas tam sim no," tus qub neeg Asmeskas lub hnub qub James Blake tau hais hauv ESPN.

Brooksby qhov kev ua si txawv txawv, suav nrog nws ob txhais tes rov qab volleys, thiab muaj peev xwm taug qab tus neeg sib tw txhaj tshuaj, yog qhov teeb meem rau Ruud, uas tau siv sijhawm kho mob tom qab thib ob.

Qhov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws rau Brooksby tau kaw qhov no tawm. Nws tuav ib qho kev sib tw ntawm cov ntsiab lus thaum sim ua haujlwm rau kev yeej ntawm 5-3 hauv qhov thib peb tab sis tsis tuaj yeem them nyiaj rau lawv.

Tom qab nws tau tawg qhov ntawd los ntawm qhov ploj lawm, Brooksby zaum hauv nws lub rooj hloov pauv thiab qw rau nws tus kheej: "Ua li cas?! Ua li cas?! Vajtswv!”

Ruud, 24-xyoo-laus Norwegian uas tau mus txog French Open thiab US Open zaum kawg hauv 2022, tau sib tw los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm cov txheej txheem, tab sis Brooksby tau tswj hwm nws tus kheej thib plaub, dhia tawm mus rau 3-0 tus thawj coj. Brooksby ua tiav cov khoom tawm 1 teev, 15 feeb tom qab nws thawj lub sijhawm.

Brooksby tau pom cov cim ntawm kev cog lus rau ntau xyoo. Nws tau cuv npe hauv Baylor mus ntaus pob ntaus pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab, tab sis tig pro tom qab nws redshirted nws lub caij kawm tshiab vim raug mob.

Thaum xyoo 2021 US Qhib, Brooksby coj qhov chaw qhib los ntawm ntiaj teb No. 1 Novak Djokovic hauv lawv qhov kev sib ntsib thib plaub ua ntej hneev tawm hauv plaub teev. Djokovic tau muab qee qhov qhuas rau nws tom qab kev sib tw hluav taws xob hauv Arthur Ashe Stadium.

"Brooksby yog hluas heev, muaj peev xwm heev," Djokovic hais rau Brad Gilbert ntawm lub tsev hais plaub. "Kuv hais rau nws ntawm net tias yav tom ntej yog ua ntej ntawm nws, qhov tseeb. Nws yog tus neeg ua si zoo. "

In kev xam phaj nrog kuv lub Rau Hli dhau los, Brooksby zoo li kwv yees tias nws lub sijhawm tab tom los.

"Kuv xav tias lwm xyoo kuv yuav ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws kom muaj peev xwm sib cav thiab kuv yuav tau kawm ntau ntxiv kom ntseeg tau tias kuv tuaj yeem ua tau qhov ntawd."

Tsis muaj tus txiv neej Asmeskas tau yeej qhov tseem ceeb txij li Andy Roddick ntawm 2001 US Open.

Brooksby, uas tam sim no yuav ntsib Paul, hais tias "Ntau tus neeg Asmeskas ua tau zoo tam sim no, thiab peb txhua tus tau thawb ib leeg," "Tsuas tos ntsoov rau qhov tom ntej."

Kuj tseem muaj kev yeej loj rau tus poj niam Asmeskas hnub Thursday: 21-xyoo-laus tus neeg tsim nyog Katie Volynets yeej No. 9-seeded Veronika Kudermetova ntawm Russia 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

Volynets, uas tau mus txog qhov thib peb ntawm Grand Slam kev sib tw thawj zaug hais tias "Kuv muaj qhov txias, vim tias cov kiv cua ntawm no tsuas yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg," "Kuv yeej tsis tau ua si hauv chaw ntau pob qhov no thiab nrog ntau tus neeg khaws lub zog rau kuv. Nws zoo heev. "

(AP pab txhawb)

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