The Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard won his first title in an ATP 500 tournament on Sunday in Basel, the most important category of tournaments after the Grand Slams and the Masters 1000. The 50th player in the world, guaranteed to obtain the best ranking in the world on Monday his career thanks to his victory, beat the American Ben Shelton 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) in less than an hour and a half, winning, at 21, his second title after the ATP tournament 250 from Lyon in the spring.