When Jenson Brooksby arrived on the scene, everyone was taken aback but what they saw. The athletic American with an unorthodox game found success early in his career as he frustrated opponent after opponent. Then the setbacks came, as injuries and a controversial anti-doping suspension threatened to chop down a promising career before it blossomed. Brooksby was at a crossroads, but he refused to give up on his dream.
Shortly before his comeback began, he revealed publicly that he is living with autism spectrum disorder, but he would not let that diminish his dreams of tennis success. And that first taste of success was realized in the most unlikely of places, as Brooksby won the 2025 U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships last week in Houston.
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Fresh off his first ATP tour-level title, Brooksby joined Mark Knowles, Nick Monroe & Geoff Chizever on Tennis Channel 2’s ‘Second Serve’ to discuss his impressive title-run, and why he refuses to live in fear.
