The Frenchman won his first 250 tournament in Lyon at the end of May.
The younger generation is promising. After several years without a new French wave after Tsonga, Simon, Gasquet, Monfils… Several players manage to stand out from the crowd. Ugo Humbert, Arthur Fils, Luca Van Assche and Arthur Cazaux are progressing. Another, a 2.03m colossus, is also in the process of standing out and shaking up the French tennis world, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. The Frenchman caused a sensation during the ATP 250 tournament in Lyon by winning his very first “major” title. At only 20 years old, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is already in the world top 100 and can even consider a place for the Olympic Games if he has a good Roland-Garros.
His style of play
The Frenchman has a very heavy serve and powerful shots. He also tries to finish rallies quickly and could disrupt many players on tour who enjoy rallies. “I am a player who is not afraid to commit all the time, ultimately no matter the score. Who will play his game no matter what and who, even when it doesn’t work, will persevere. Who will play with his weapons more and more and who will be very strong, at the net, on the point starts I have variations to my game but if at 30A I have the choice between winning forehand and drop shot, I have to. slams the forehand” explained the Frenchman in The Team
A footballer father
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was born in Lyon on July 8, 2003 and is the eldest son of Ghislain Mpetshi, former football player, notably for FC Bourg-Péronnas (2002-2003).
Tennis from a young age
“He started tennis by accompanying me, from the age of 4, to AS Caluire. By mimicry, like all children. I didn’t particularly want to put him in football but rather to follow him in his desires” explained his father in comments reported by Le Progrès. “He immediately had significant results. He was 7 or 8 years old when he won his first tournament in the South. He also took a liking to traveling, first throughout France, then in Europe at 8 or 9 years old We very quickly had high hopes…”