A few days after his title in Switzerland, the young Frenchman qualified for the second round of the Masters 1000 at Bercy on Tuesday by beating the American Frances Tiafoe.
Two days after his title in Basel, the young Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard overthrew the American Frances Tiafoe (17th) in the first round of the Masters 1000 in Paris 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 Tuesday.
Mpetshi Perricard (21), who jumped to the gates of the top 30 (31st) on Monday in the wake of his coronation in Basel, will face the Russian Karen Khachanov (21st) or the Australian Christopher O’Connell (71st) for a place in the round of 16 of the Paris tournament.
«GMP»who exceeds two meters (2.03 m), once again flaunted his N.1 weapon, his breathtaking service, with 28 aces and the speedometer of his services regularly exceeding 200 km/h.
But it was precisely this sector that cost him dearly in the first set, which he lost with a double fault in the deciding game.
It didn’t derail the young Frenchman, who was ultimately the only one to break, in the third set, to escape 4 games to 2 and overthrow Tiafoe.
Mpetshi Perricard thus extends his series of victories to six. In the Parisian room, this is the very first of his career.
