The ATP Award’s Most Improved Player Award went to M-Péricard, who rose from below 200 to within the seeding range of Grand Slam tournaments.[テニス]
The Association of Men’s Professional Tennis (ATP) has updated its official website to announce that 21-year-old Giovanni M-Pési-Péricard (France) has been named the Most Improved Player at the ATP Awards. ~Click here for the SNS post where the Men’s Professional Tennis Association announced the Most Improved Player Award at the ATP Awards~ M-PES, which started this season below 200th place Péricard made his top 100 debut with his first tour victory in Lyon (ATP250/clay court) in May, and in October he won the biggest title of his career in Basel (ATP500/indoor hard court) and was seeded for a Grand Slam tournament. It jumped to 31st place (maximum 30th place) within the area. M-Péricard’s weapon is his big serve, which comes from his height of 203cm, and he made 532 service aces in 28 tour-level matches (16 wins, 12 losses) this season. In addition to M-Péricard, the nominees for the award included Jack Draper (Great Britain), Alejandro Tabilo (Chile), and Tomáš Machács (Czech Republic), who have all made great strides in the past year.
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