AP Exclusive: Pro tennis player Jenson Brooksby talks about living with autism
Jenson Brooksby tugged at the right shoulder of his red T-shirt and fiddled with some strands of his dirty blond hair as he spoke to The Associated Press about what he'd like the world — the tennis world, yes, but also everyone else — to know about him. Once a member of an up-and-coming group of American men making their mark with big wins at Grand Slam tournaments, Brooksby wants folks to be aware of what went on while he was away from the tour for nearly two “frustrating” years that, he said, made it “easy to get depressed.” “It's … just something I don’t want to have to keep to myself,” Brooksby said over a post-workout lunch in a boardroom at the U.S. Tennis Association National Campus.