Who is Brandon Holt, surprise US Open 2022 son Tracy Austin

Tennis is passed down from father to son on many occasions, as a legacy to continue in the family saga, a blessing with which parents want to offer their children the life experiences it brings. Brandon Holt he knows it well because he has sucked this sport since he was a baby. This 24-year-old American, whom nobody knew a few weeks ago, has jumped into the media firestorm for a colossal victory in the first round of the US Open 2022where you got rid of Taylor Fritz, in what is his first victory as a professional. He opted for the university route to train as a person and a tennis player, after the “poison” of tennis was inoculated into him as a child by his mother, Tracy Austin, champion at Flushing Meadows back in 1979 and 1981. At the time, he made the leap to professionalism, an unforeseen event put his career in check, but months later, his dream has come true.

“I came to this match with a lot of confidence after having passed the preliminary phase, where I think I played great tennis. It seems incredible to me to think that in January I was in Cancun on vacation and being 900 in the world, after they told me that I had a hand injury that explained my tremendous pain when making any movement”, reveals a Holt who had a bone malformation in his right wrist, a kind of enlarged appendix next to a bone that prevented him from even training. However, eight months later, he has achieved an unprecedented feat. “I have not felt great nerves, it is fantastic to have closed the match as I did, I had good feelings from the beginning and it is very special to beat Taylor, a very close boy, with whom I have trained and who has given me great advice”, commented a player who will now face Pedro Cachínin what could be a great opportunity for him.

The influence of Tracy Austin, his mother, on his tennis career

Questioned about how his mother has helped him on this path, Brandon Holt it is clear. “She taught me since I was a child what it means to compete to the maximum in any discipline. She hates losing, she is a born competitor, and she has been able to transmit that to me in the best possible way, so that I always channel it in a positive way. Her support was key after of the injury, when I practically had to start from scratch. He always instills in me the importance of having fun on the track and accepting that there will be difficult and adverse moments, in which I don’t understand how I got there or that it’s hard for me not to get angry, but it makes me see that I must continue fighting and enjoying this sport”, declared a Brandon Holt who has great expectations in this US Open 2022 and can go far if he maintains the level of tennis that he displayed against Fritz.